Photochemical reaction mechanisms of 2-nitrobenzyl compounds: 2-Nitrobenzyl alcohols form 2-nitroso hydrates by dual proton transfer

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-42

  Gaplovsky, Martin ^a   Il’ichev, Yuri V ^a,b   Kamdzhilov, Yavor ^a   Kombarova, Svetlana V ^a   Mac, Marek ^a,c   Schwörer, Markus A ^a   Wirz, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 (2 NITROPHENYL)ETHANOL; 2 NITROBENZYL ALCOHOL; 2 NITROBENZYL DERIVATIVE; 2 NITROSO BENZALDEHYDE; 2 NITROSOACETOPHENONE; ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BENZISOXAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN 18; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDRATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LASER FLASH PHOTOLYSIS; PH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM YIELD; TIME RESOLVED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 13444312005     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b409927c     Document Type: Article

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