ELECTRON-TRANSFER ACTIVATION. SALT EFFECTS ON THE PHOTOOXADIDATION OF TERTIARY AMINES : A USEFUL N-DEMETHYLATION METHOD

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)99299-2

Photooxidation of tertiary methylamines sensitized by electron acceptors like 9,10-dicyanoanthracene is shown to proceed by two distinct ways depending on the presence of added salts.In the absence of added salt both nor and N-formyl compounds were obtained while with added salt the nor-derivative is obtained highly efficiently.