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Electron Transfer to Benzenes by Photoactivated Neutral Organic Electron Donor Molecules
Author(s) -
Cahard Elise,
Schoenebeck Franziska,
Garnier Jean,
Cutulic Sylvain P. Y.,
Zhou Shengze,
Murphy John A.
Publication year - 2012
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.201200084
Subject(s) - electron transfer , molecule , electron , photochemistry , chemistry , chemical physics , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Powerful reduction reactions : Simple organic electron donors, composed solely of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen, reduce ground‐state benzene rings to their radical anions by electron transfer upon photoactivation (DMF=dimethylformamide).