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Factors Affecting the Photoaddition reactions of Diphenylmethane
Gilbert, Andrew,Lane, Jonathan C.
, p. 142 - 145 (1981)
Diphenylmethane does not undergo photoaddition reactions which require initial excitation of the S0 -> S1 trasition of the arene.Reaction does, however, occur either by excitation within the charge-transfer absorption band of a ground-state complex between diphenylmethane and an addend (maleic anhydride) or by attack of a photoexcited addend (N-ethylmaleimide) onto the arene.It is considered that a mechanism for energy dissipation from S1 diphenylmethane involves through-bond interaction between the phenyl groups.