Quenching and Radical Formation in the Reaction of Photoexcited Benzophenone with Thiols and Thioethers (Sulfides). Nanosecond Flash Studies

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00370a038

Laser flash measurements have been made of rate constants and primary radical yields in the reactions of triplet benzophenone with aliphatic and aromatic thiols and with dialkyl and aryl sulfides.Reaction with n-pentylthiol in benzene leads mainly to quen