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Reductive Dimerization of Tethered Pyrenes: Implications for the Reduction of Polcyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Author(s) -
Aprahamian Ivan,
Bodwell Graham J.,
Fleming James J.,
Manning Gregory P.,
Mannion Michael R.,
Sheradsky Tuvia,
Vermeij Rudolf J.,
Rabinovitz Mordecai
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200351376
Subject(s) - pyrene , reduction (mathematics) , chemistry , lithium (medication) , lithium metal , photochemistry , chemical reduction , metal , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , electrochemistry , medicine , geometry , mathematics , electrode , electrolyte , endocrinology
Pyrene reduction revisited : A reductive dimerization process is observed for strained pyrene derivatives, which occurs through single‐electron reduction with lithium metal (see scheme). This process has implications for the reduction of pyrene itself. Various NMR methods can be utilized to characterize the products that result from such reactions.