(1) Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ufa Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa, Russia
Abstract:
The rate constants of benzophenone oxide decay measured at 25°C by flash photolysis (FPh) strongly depend on the nature of the solvent [2k=(2.6±0.3)×107 L mol−1 s−1 in CH3CN, and (2.0±0.2)×109 L mol−1 s−1 in pentane].