Application of multielectron charge relays in chemical and photochemical debromination processes. The role of induced disproportionation of N, N'-dioctyl-4, 4'-bipyridinium radical cation in two-phase systems

Ruben Maidan, Zafrir Goren, James Y Becker, Itamar Willner

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Abstract

Photochemical and chemical reduction of 7V,7V,-dioctyl-4,4'-bipyridinium (CSV2+, 1) to the corresponding radical cation CgV+· (2) leads to an induced disproportionation of CgV+· in a water-organic two-phase system. This process yields the two-electron reduction product TV '-dioctyl-4,4'(l/f,lFf’)-bipyridylidene (CgV, 3). The induced disproportionation reaction is a result of opposite solubility properties of the disproportionation products in the two phases. The two-electron reduction
product C8V (3) mediates the debromination of 1,2- and 1,1-dibromo substrates.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6217-6222
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume106
Issue number21
StatePublished - 1984

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