Organized Photodimerization of Cinnamic Acid in Cationic Reversed Micelle

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1988.1053

Laurylamine cinnamate salt (1), a reversed micelle-forming surfactant, undergoes a regioselective photodimerization to give syn- and anti-head-to-head dimers, the former being predominant.The rate of dimer formation shows a discontinuous point at the cmc of 1 (i.e., 3-5 mM), which is in parallel with the change in the relative emissive intensities of the monomer and the excimer.