Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Photochemical electron transfer across a liquid/liquid interface

Photochemical electron transfer across a liquid/liquid interface: Methylene Blue-sensitized decarboxylation of substituted carboxylic acids
Suresh Das*, T. L. Thanulingam, C. S. Rajesh and M. V. George
Photochemistry Research Unit, Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Trivandrum 695 019, India
Received 4 November 1994;  revised 20 December 1994;  accepted 21 December 1994. ; Available online 14 June 2000.

Abstract
Methylene Blue photocatalyzed electron transfer reactions of some substituted carboxylic acids across the water/benzene interface lead to efficient decarboxylation of these acids and the utility of this procedure has been demonstrated by the synthesis of some dihydrobenzopyran and dihydrobenzofuran derivatives.

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