Enhanced reactivity in OH/NH/pi polyfunctional systems through coupled proton/electron transfer in the excited state: the photocyclisation of 2-allyl-3-aminophenol

Edgar A Leo; Rosa Tormos; Miguel A Miranda

doi:10.1039/b416625f

Enhanced reactivity in OH/NH/pi polyfunctional systems through coupled proton/electron transfer in the excited state: the photocyclisation of 2-allyl-3-aminophenol

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Mar 7:(9):1203-5. doi: 10.1039/b416625f. Epub 2005 Jan 18.

Authors

Edgar A Leo¹, Rosa Tormos, Miguel A Miranda

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Quimica-ITQ UPV-CSIC, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.

PMID: 15726192
DOI: 10.1039/b416625f

Abstract

The photocyclisation rate of 2-allyl-3-(or 5-)aminophenols (1, 4 and 8) is dramatically enhanced, when compared with reference compounds, as a consequence of a coupled proton/electron transfer process.