85696-45-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
NEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE PHOTOPINACOLIZATION OF BENZOPHENONE IN ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS
Rubin, Mordecai B.
, p. 4615 - 4618 (1982)
Irradiation of benzophenone in alcohol solutions produces unsymmetrical pinacols and para-coupled products as well as benzpinacol; the product composition depends on light intensity.
Catalytic Lactonization of Unactivated Aryl C-H Bonds with CO2: Experimental and Computational Investigation
Song, Lei,Zhu, Lei,Zhang, Zhen,Ye, Jian-Heng,Yan, Si-Shun,Han, Jie-Lian,Yin, Zhu-Bao,Lan, Yu,Yu, Da-Gang
supporting information, p. 3776 - 3779 (2018/07/21)
The first catalytic lactonization of unactivated aryl C-H bonds with CO2 to afford important phthalides is reported. Notably, this method features high selectivity, excellent functional group tolerance, smooth scalability, and facile product diversification. DFT calculations reveal that a novel insertion of two CO2 into the O-Pd bond of a palladacycle might be the key step, providing great potential and a different perspective for carbonylation with CO2.
Multiple-photon chemistry in the benzophenone photoreduction during laser-jet photolysis: Effect of alcohol solvent on cross-coupling versus hydrogen abstraction of the electronically excited hydroxydiphenylmethyl radical
Adam, Waldemar,Walther, Barbara
, p. 10399 - 10404 (2007/10/03)
The ground state of the hydroxydiphenylmethyl radical (1) leads to benzpinacol (2) through head-to-head coupling and the diols 3 as cross-coupling product. In contrast, under the high-intensity conditions of the laser-jet photolysis, the excited radical 1* couples in the para position to afford the benzophenone derivatives 4 (head-to-tail coupling) (higher spin density at the para position/AM1 calculations). The major two-photon product is benzhydrol (5). The pronounced increase in hydrogen atom abstraction from MeOH to iPrOH by 1* is explained in terms of the greater electrophilic character of the electronically excited radical 1* versus its ground state.
