Evidence for a nonradical pathway in the photoracemization of aryl sulfoxides
Photolysis of (Rs,Sc)-1-deuterio-2,2-dimethylpropyl p-tolyl sulfoxide provides mainly (Ss,Sc)-1-deuterio-2,2-dimethylpropyl p-tolyl sulfoxide at low conversion, though the other two stereoisomers are formed to s