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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 24, Issue 33, Pages 8258-+Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705567
Keywords
germanium; photochemistry; photoinitiators; polymerization; radicals
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- Ivoclar Vivadent AG
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Acylgermanes provide an outstanding photoinduced reactivity at very useful absorption wavelengths. This encouraged multidisciplinary research groups to utilize them as highly effective and non-toxic photoinitiators particularly for medical applications. In this Minireview, we present the most recent breakthroughs to synthesize acylgermanes. We also outline mechanistic aspects of photoinduced reactions of several acylgermane derivatives based on fundamental spectroscopic insights. These studies may aid future developments for tailor-made photoinitiators.
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