Selective oxygenation of 4,4′-dimethylbiphenyl with molecular oxygen, catalyzed by 9-phenyl-10-methylacridinium ion via photoinduced electron transfer

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 109, Issue 44, 2005, Pages 10168-10175

  Suga, Kyou ^a   Ohkubo, Kei ^a   Fukuzumi, Shunichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; IRRADIATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY;

DIMETHYLBIPHENYL; ELECTRON TRANSFER; LIGHT IRRADIATION; PHOTOOXYGENATION;

PHOTOOXIDATION;

4 (4' METHYLPHENYL)BENZALDEHYDE; 4,4' DIMETHYLBIPHENYL; 4,4'-DIMETHYLBIPHENYL; 4-(4'-METHYLPHENYL)BENZALDEHYDE; 9 PHENYL 10 METHYLACRIDINIUM PERCHLORATE; 9-PHENYL-10-METHYLACRIDINIUM PERCHLORATE; ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHLOROFORM; FREE RADICAL; OXYGEN; PERCHLORIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ACRIDINES; BENZALDEHYDES; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CHLOROFORM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; FREE RADICALS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXYGEN; PERCHLORIC ACID; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28144451038     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp053465q     Document Type: Article

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