PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS OF <i>p</i>-DICYANOBENZENE WITH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AMINES

Abstract

Abstract In sharp contrast with the cases of benzene or anthraceneprimary or secondary amine systems, photochemical reactions of p-dicyanobenzene with those amines take place at the α-positions instead of the N–H groups of amines via electron-transfer followed by proton-transfer.