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Trapping of Unstable α‐Pyrone/Singlet Oxygen Adduct by Reduction with Diazene
Author(s) -
Adam Waldemar,
Erden Ihsan
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197802111
Subject(s) - adduct , ketone , singlet oxygen , chemistry , photochemistry , singlet state , trapping , oxygen , reduction (mathematics) , pyrone , lactone , organic chemistry , biology , ecology , physics , geometry , mathematics , excited state , nuclear physics
Reduction of unstable peroxides , e.g. (1) and (2) , by diazene generated in situ provides a method of characterizing such compounds. The reduced adducts (3) and (4) are stable at room temperature. Remarkably, both the ketone (5) and the lactone (4) decompose with emission of light.