Instituto de Tecnologi?a Qui?mica UPV-CSIC, Universidad Polite?cnica de Valencia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cienti?ficas, Avda. de Los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
Abstract:
Hydrogen abstraction from the C-7 position of cholesterol (Ch) by triplet excited benzophenone (BZP) exhibits remarkable solvent-dependence in product studies. Kinetic measurements on the intramolecular version of the process in dyads containing covalently linked Ch and BZP units reveal important solvent effects and significant stereodifferentiation.