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Excited-state antiaromaticity relief drives facile photoprotonation of carbons in aminobiphenyls

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Draženović, Josip, Laconsay, Croix J., Došlić, Nađa, I-Chia Wu, Judy, Basarić, Nikola·2024·Chemical Science
DOI 10.1039/d4sc00642aPMC PMC10988595
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ortho-, meta- and para-aminobiphenyl isomers undergo distinctly different photochemical reactions involving proton transfer, which are driven by excited-state antiaromaticity relief.

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  • The concept of ESA and ESAA was used to show that light-driven proton transfer reactions happen due to ESAA relief.

    “The concept of excited-state aromaticity (ESA) and excited-state antiaromaticity (ESAA) was used to show that the light-driven proton transfer reactions happen due to ESAA relief [198,199].”

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Draženović, J., Laconsay, C. J., Došlić, N., I-Chia Wu, J., & Basarić, N.
Affiliations
  • Ruđer Bošković Institute (HR)
  • University of Houston (US)
  • Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
Corresponding author
  • Došlić, Nađa
  • Basarić, Nikola
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Chemical Science
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Published
2024
Volume
15
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14
Pages
5225-5237
ISSN
  • 2041-6520 (ISSN-L)
  • 2041-6539
DOI
10.1039/d4sc00642a
PMC
PMC10988595
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W4392405073
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  • Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost (HRZZ-IP-2019-04-8008, HRZZ-IP-2022-10-4658)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  • National Institutes of Health (R35GM133548)
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University of Houston
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (FG-2020-12811)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
Keywords
triplet state, photochemical reactions, carbocation intermediates

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