Solid state photochemistry of ternary cyclodextrin complexes: Total selectivity in the photoreduction of nitrophenyl ethers by 1-phenylethylamine

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)60931-0

The irradiation of the ternary complexes of β-cyclodextrin with several nitrophenyl ethers, and 1-phenylethylamine in the solid state, produces selective photoreduction to the corresponding nitroso derivatives.