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Singlet oxygen and electron-transfer mechanisms in the dicyanoanthracene-sensitized photooxidation of 2,3-diphenyl-1,4-dioxene
Silverman, Scott K.,Foote, Christopher S.
, p. 7672 - 7675 (1991)
The 9,10-dicyanoanthracene-sensitized photooxidation of 2,3-diphenyl-1,4-dioxene in CH3CN produces ethylene glycol dibenzoate and small amounts of epoxide. Most of the diester is formed from singlet oxygen via the dioxetane, and only a small amount by electron transfer. The epoxide is a primary electron-transfer product. Various mechanistic possibilites for the electron-transfer are considered.