Photoreduction of benzophenone by dimethylaminoethyl methyacrylate in solutions

The photoreduction of benzophenone by dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate was investigated under the conditions of stationary and pulsed irradiation. With stationary irradiation of this system in benzene an intermediate photoproduct is formed, and its destruction is described by a kinetic equation of second order. By irradiation under pulsed conditions it is possible to detect the formation of the ketyl radicals of benzophenone, the yield and destruction of which depend substantially on the nature of the medium. The relationship between the destruction constant and the concentration of the aminomethacrylate and butyl methacrylate was examined and explained; the constant increases with decrease in the aminomethacrylate concentration and with increase in the butyl methacrylate concentration. The mechanism of the photoreduction of aromatic carbonyl compounds by aminomethacrylates is described.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 26, No. 1, 56–62, January–February, 1990.