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Photodimerization of a 1D hydrogen-bonded zwitter-ionic lead(II) complex and its isomerization in solution
Abdul Malik Puthan Peedikakkal1, Lip L Koh, Jagadese J Vittal
1Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Abstract:
A pair of bpe-H(+) ligands in a zwitter-ionic complex undergoes photochemical cycloaddition quantitatively accompanied by proton transfer and the cyclobutane ring isomerizes slowly in solution to two more isomers, catalyzed by CF(3)CO(2)H acid.
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