Benzil

Sawaki, Y.
Tetrahedron 41(11): 2199-205 (1985)

Sensitizer: Benzil
Solvent: C6H6
Oxygen concentration: O2

Quantum yield of formation = 0.57
Fraction of T1 yielding singlet oxygen = 0.62

Experimental method: continuous photolysis
Data type: product appearance under steady-state conditions

Singlet oxygen acceptor = 1,2-Dimethylcyclohexene; lambdaexc = 366 nm; used phiT(S) = 0.92d. Product from substrate = 3-Hydroxy-1,2-dimethylcyclohexene, 2-Hydroxy-2-methyl-1-methylidenecyclohexane, and 3-Hydroxy-2,3-dimethylcyclohexene.

d Value of phiT(S) from the literature used in this work to calculate fDeltaT.
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