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Selective Photochemical Dehydrogenation of Saturated Hydrocarbons with Quantum Yields Approaching Unity
Author(s) -
Renneke Roman F.,
Hill Craig L.
Publication year - 1988
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.198815261
Subject(s) - dehydrogenation , acetonitrile , alkane , photochemistry , homogeneous , chemistry , redox , quantum chemical , quantum , organic chemistry , hydrocarbon , molecule , physics , thermodynamics , catalysis , quantum mechanics
The homogeneous systems [ n Bu 4 N] 4 [W 10 O 32 ]/strong acid/acetonitrile/alkane is the first polymetallate system which makes possible a photo‐redox chemistry—transformation of light into chemical energy—with high quantum yields. Alkanes are selectively photo‐dehydrogenated by this system using UV light of low energy (λ > 360 nm); reaction 1 → 2 is typical.