The photodebromination of selected bromoarenes has been studied at 300 nm
to determine the the possible mechanistic pathways leading to product.
Irradiation of 4-bromobiphenyl (BpBr) at this wavelength leads to the product
biphenyl. The quantum yield of intersystem crossing (0.98) and quenching
studies with cis-1 ,3-pentadiene suggest that the reaction...
Several experiments were undertaken to investigate the mechanism of
photodechlorination of pentachlorobenzene. The thermal methoxydechlorination
reaction of pentachlorobenzene was studied. In DMSO at 50 °C sodium
methoxide reacts smoothly with pentachlorobenzene to give three
tetrachloroanisole isomers. A second-order kinetic plot for this reaction is linear to
high precision, indicating that...
The photohydrodebromination of brominated paracyclophanes was studied to
help elucidate the possible mechanistic pathways leading to product for
bromoarenes in general. Several brominated [2.2]paracyclophanes were studied to
determine the effect of substitution patterns on this reaction. [2.2]Paracyclophanes
were chosen for this study in order to investigate possible intramolecular excimer
formation...
Polyhalogenated benzenes have been analyzed by standard electron capture
chemical ionization mass spectrometry (ECCI/MS), and electron monochromator mass
spectrometer (EM/MS) systems. The EM/MS experiments distinguished electronegative
compounds (especially isomers) by transient negative ions (TNIs) of the same mass but
differing energies and/or the formation of distinct TNIs of different masses...