The mechanism of the photo-induced decarboxylatton of pyruvic acid in solution

Autor: R.Stephen Davidson, Dean Goodwin, Ph. Fornier de Violet
Rok vydání: 1981
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Zdroj: Chemical Physics Letters. 78:471-474
ISSN: 0009-2614
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(81)85239-6
Popis: It is proposed that photo-induced decarboxylation of pyruvic acid occurs via electron transfer from an excited to a ground-state molecule. Quantum yields of triplet production at 295 K in deoxygenated benzene, acetonitrile and water are 0.65, 0.88 and 0.22. The triplet state of naphthalene is quenched by pyruvic acid and it is suggested that this occurs via electron transfer.
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