Photochemical reaction of onium salts with N,N-dimethylaniline: Evidence for photoinduced electron transfer

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(93)85005-H

Direct photolysis of diphenyliodonium salts gives significantly more iodobiphenyls than in the presence of dimethylaniline. An electron transfer reaction from the singlet excited state of dimethylaniline is proposed.