Benzophenone as a cheap and effective photosensitizer for the photocatalytic synthesis of dimethyl cubane-1,4-dicarboxylate

Callum Prentice; Alice Elizabeth Martin; J. James Morrison; Andrew D. Smith; Eli Zysman-Colman

doi:10.1039/D3OB00231D

Benzophenone as a cheap and effective photosensitizer for the photocatalytic synthesis of dimethyl cubane-1,4-dicarboxylate

Callum Prentice
, Alice Elizabeth Martin
, J. James Morrison
, Andrew D. Smith^*
, Eli Zysman-Colman^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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The key intramolecular [2 + 2] photochemical cycloaddition step in the synthesis of dimethyl cubane-1,4-dicarboxylate is performed with substoichiometric amounts of the photosensitizer benzophenone. The reaction proceeds via a Dexter energy transfer process between the triplet excited state benzophenone and a well-known cubane precursor diene. The use of the cheap and widely available benzophenone as the photosensitizer enables lower energy light to be used than the traditional photochemical process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3307-3310
Number of pages	4
Journal	Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Volume	21
Issue number	16
Early online date	20 Feb 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/D3OB00231D
Publication status	Published - 28 Apr 2023

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Benzophenone as a Cheap and Effective Photosensitizer for the Photocatalytic Synthesis of Dimethyl Cubane-1,4-dicarboxylate (dataset)
Prentice, C. (Creator), Martin, A. E. (Creator), Morrison, J. J. (Creator), Smith, A. D. (Creator) & Zysman-Colman, E. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 24 Feb 2023
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Prentice, C. (Author), Smith, A. D. (Supervisor) & Zysman-Colman, E. (Supervisor), 29 Nov 2023
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis (PhD)

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Evaluation of MR-TADF compounds as photocatalysts and their application in NHC/photoredox catalysis

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