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Title: 10-methylacridine derivatives acting as efficient and stable photocatalysts in reductive dehalogenation of halogenated compounds with sodium borohydride via photoinduced electron transfer

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00180a031· OSTI ID:5169014

10-Methylacridine derivatives, 9,10-dihydro-10-methylacridine (AcrH{sub 2}) and acriflavine (AFH{sup +}), act as efficient and stable photocatalysts in reductive dechlorination of p-chlorobiphenyl (ClBP) as well as dehalogenation of other halogenated compounds with sodium borohydride (NaBH{sub 4}) in a mixture of acetonitrile and H{sub 2}O (9:1 v/v) at 298 K. The reductive dechlorination proceeds via the reduction of ClBP by the singlet excited state ({sup 1}AcrH{sub 2}*) to yield dechlorinated product (biphenyl) and 10-methylacridinium ion (AcrH{sup +}), followed by the facile reduction of AcrH{sup +} with NaBH{sub 4} to regenerate AcrH{sub 2}. The absence of the primary kinetic isotope effect as well as the comparison of the observed rate constants with those predicted by using the Marcus theory of electron transfer indicates that the reduction of halogenated compounds (RX) by the singlet excited state ({sup 1}AcrH{sub 2}*) proceeds via photoinduced electron transfer from {sup 1}AcrH{sub 2}* to RX, which results in the cleavage of C-X bonds.

OSTI ID:
5169014
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States), Vol. 112:24; ISSN 0002-7863
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English