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Vibrational deactivation of singlet oxygen: does it play a role in stereoselectivity during photooxygenation?

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Oxazolidinone-substituted enecarbamates offer a system to explore vibrational quenching and the strategic placement of CH bonds as a method for manipulating the stereoselectivity of photoreactions.

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  1. The Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    Marissa Solomon, Steffen Jockusch & Nicholas J. Turro

  2. Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58105, USA

    J. Sivaguru

  3. Institute für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, D-97074, W ürzburg, Germany

    Waldemar Adam

  4. The Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Facundo Bueso 110, Rio Piedras, PR, 00931, USA

    Waldemar Adam

  5. The Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    Nicholas J. Turro

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This paper was published as part of the themed issue in honour of Jakob Wirz.

Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Additional experimental details, 1H-NMR spectra and HPLC traces. CCDC reference number 678264.

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Solomon, M., Sivaguru, J., Jockusch, S. et al. Vibrational deactivation of singlet oxygen: does it play a role in stereoselectivity during photooxygenation?. Photochem Photobiol Sci 7, 531–533 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1039/b719387d

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