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Dong-Mei Yan1, Jia-Rong Chen1, Wen-Jing Xiao1
1CCNU-uOttawa Joint Research Center, Key Laboratory of Pesticides & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, China.
Abstract:
Neutral eosin Y-derived photoexcited states have been found to serve as photoacids and direct hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) catalysts in the activation of glycals and C-H bonds, respectively. These studies pave the way for further use of eosin Y in photochemical synthesis.
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