Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 4055-4070Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/molecules20034055
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [EP/I00372X/1]
- EPSRC [EP/F032560/1]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/I00372X/1, EP/F032560/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/I00372X/1, EP/F032560/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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In situ EPR spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures has been used to observe and identify paramagnetic species produced when titania is irradiated in the presence of reactants used in the photocatalytic alkylation of maleimide with t-butyl carboxylic acid or phenoxyacetic acid. It is shown that maleimide acts as an acceptor of conduction band electrons. Valence band holes oxidise t-butyl carboxylic acid to the t-butyl radical and phenoxyacetic acid to the phenoxyacetic acid radical cation. In the presence of maleimide, the phenoxymethyl radical is formed from phenoxyacetic acid. The relevance of these observations to the mechanisms of titania photocatalyst-promoted alkylation of alkenes is discussed.
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