U. V. irradiation of N-alkylphenothiazines (1a-c) in carbon tetrachloride p
roduced 3-(phenothiazin-N'-yl-carbonyl)-N'-alkylphenothiazine (2a-b) and/or
3-( N'-alkylphenothiazin-3'-yl-carbonyl)-N-alkylphenothiazine (3b-c) toget
her with the radical cation carbon tetrachloride salt 1(+.)CCl(4)(-.)(4a-c)
, presumably via a photoinduced electron transfer mechanism.