New insight into the reaction of singlet oxygen with sulfur-containing cyclic alkenes: Dye-sensitized photooxygenation of 5,6-dihydro-1,4-dithiins

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 10075-10080

  Cermola, Flavio ^a   Guaragna, Annalisa ^a   Iesce, Maria Rosaria ^a   Palumbo, Giovanni ^a   Purcaro, Raffaella ^a   Rubino, Maria ^a   Tuzi, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOADDITION; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOSELECTIVITY; SULFUR;

DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOOXYGENATION; ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING GROUP; SINGLET OXYGEN; SOLVENT BASICITY;

OLEFINS;

ALKENE; AMIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DYE; EPOXIDE; SINGLET OXYGEN; SOLVENT; SULFOXIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOADDITION; ELECTRON; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHOTOOXIDATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

COLORING AGENTS; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOPARAFFINS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 1-RING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLET OXYGEN; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFOXIDES;

EID: 37549044719     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo701983v     Document Type: Article

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