Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr‐Universit?t Bochum, 44780 Bochum (Germany), Fax: (+49)?234‐321‐4353, http://www.rub.de/oc2
Abstract:
That's radical! A photochemical reaction between the phenyl radical and water results in the abstraction of a hydrogen atom from water and the formation of a hydroxyl radical. The hydroxyl radical forms an OH???π hydrogen bond with benzene (see picture) and does not react with benzene thermally under the conditions of matrix isolation.