Published April 1965
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Journal Article
Photosensitization by Ferrocene. Photochemistry of Higher Electronic Excited States
- Creators
- Dannenberg, J. J.
- Richards, J. H.
Abstract
We wish to report that ferrocene catalyzes the photochemical cis-trans isomerization of piperylene and the dimerization of isoprene. The evidence leads us to suggest that the mechanism for these reactions involves a complex of ferrocene and olefin which absorbs light and is excited to an electronic state considerably higher than the first excited singlet. This excited state dissociates to ferrocene in a triplet state and to a triplet olefin which then isomerizes or adds to a ground-state olefin.
Additional Information
© 1965 American Chemical Society. Received November 30, 1964. We wish to acknowledge the financial assistance of the National Science Foundation and the Paint Research Institute.Additional details
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- 57078
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20150429-082813986
- NSF
- Paint Research Institute
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- Caltech Gates and Crellin Laboratories of Chemistry
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- 3183