Solvent effect on product distribution in photochemical pathways of α C-N versus β C-C cleavage of n,π* triplet-excited azoalkanes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 5550-5555

  Adam, Waldemar ^a   Moorthy, Jarugu N ^a   Nau, Werner M ^b,c   Scaiano, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BENZENE; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS;

EID: 0030860582     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja963948v     Document Type: Article

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