Factors controlling photochemical cleavage of the energetically unfavorable Ph-Se bond of alkyl phenyl selenides

A Ouchi, S Liu, Z Li, SA Kumar, T Suzuki…

Index: Ouchi, Akihiko; Liu, Suyou; Li, Zhong; Kumar, S. Ajaya; Suzuki, Toshiaki; Hyugano, Takeshi; Kitahara, Haruo Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2007 , vol. 72, # 23 p. 8700 - 8706

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Abstract

Primary photochemical paths of alkyl phenyl selenides (1) were investigated, and an origin of large deviations in the chemical yields of products obtained by carbon radical reactions induced by photolysis of phenyl selenides was clarified. KrF excimer laser photolyses of n- pentyl phenyl selenide (1a) yielded 1-pentene (2a), n-pentane (3a), n-decane (4a), dipentyl selenide (5a), benzene (6), dipentyl diselenide (7a), and diphenyl diselenide (7) as major ...