Surprising differences in the reactivity of cyano aromatic radical anions generated by photoinduced electron transfer

Abstract

In this paper, the authors report some studies that indicate that the reactivity of photogenerated cyanoaromatic anion radicals is strongly affected by the medium in which they are generated; interestingly they report conditions under which potentially reactive anion radicals of strongly affected by the medium in which they are generated; interestingly they report conditions under which potentially reactive anion radicals of DCA and 2,6,9,10-tetracyanoanthracene (TCA) can be the stable end products of photoinduced redox reactions.