作者:Frederick D. Lewis、Dario M. Bassani、G. Dasharatha Reddy
DOI:10.1021/jo00075a037
日期:1993.11
The photophysical and photochemical behavior of a aeries of alpha-[(N-methylamino)alkyl]styrenes with two to four methylenes separating the styryl and amino groups and an (aminoalkyl)indene have been investigated and the results compared to those for the intermolecular reaction of alpha-methylstyrene with diethylamine. Both inter- and intramolecular quenching of styrene fluorescence by the amine is observed, indicative of electron-transfer quenching as the initial step in these reactions. The resulting exciplex undergoes regioselective N-H proton transfer to styrene C-beta yielding a biradical, in the case of the intramolecular reaction, and a radical pair, in the case of the intermolecular reaction. Biradical or radical pair combination yields styrene-amine addition products. The conformation of the intermediate exciplex is proposed to control the regioselectivity of the intramolecular N-H proton transfer process.