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The intramolecular hydrogen-atom abstraction in the lowest excited sin
glet and triplet states of 1-methylanthraquinone yields 9-hydroxy-1,10
-anthraquinone-1-methide. The lowest excited tripler state at room tem
perature also abstracts a hydrogen atom from ethanol yielding 1-methyl
-9,10-dihydroxy-anthracene.