K. Osoda et al., PREPARATION OF 1,4-DICYANOBENZENE DERIVATIVES AND THE SUBSTITUENT EFFECT OF THE SENSITIZERS ON PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON-TRANSFER REACTIONS, Chemistry Letters, (12), 1995, pp. 1119-1120
Substituted 1,4-dicyanobenzenes are prepared as electron-accepting pho
tosensitizers. The efficiency of some photosensitized reactions is inf
luenced remarkably by the substituent(s) of 1,4-dicyanobenzene. By usi
ng mono or dimethylated dicyanobenzene, the reactions proceed more rap
idly as compared with that by using 1,4-dicyanobenzene itself.