Photochemical dimerization of acenaphthylene in hydrophobized graphite oxide

Abstract

Photochemical dimerization of acenaphthylene was performed in various hydrophobized graphite oxide films. A large quantity of acenaphthyelene was intercalated into hydrophobized graphite oxide. The conversion of acenaphthyelene increased with the increase of acenaphthyelene contents in the intercalation compounds. Syn/anti ratio of acenaphthylene dimers increased with the increase of acenaphthylene contents and became larger in intercalation compounds containing alkyl amine with shorter alkyl chain probably because of the difference in diffusion rate of exited molecules.