Grilj, JakobTodorova, Tanya KumanovaYi, ChenyiLiu, Shi-XiaVauthey, EricDecurtins, Silvio2013-02-272013-02-272013-02-27201210.1002/chem.201201463https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/89407WOS:000310066700007Norrish-type-II reaction on a semiquinone radical: Stable semiquinone radicals serve as novel molecular platforms on which a Norrish-type-II photoreaction can be initiated. A detailed reaction scheme involving a 1,5-hydrogen transfer followed by a cyclization step that finally leads to a new CC bond formation could be verified. Transient absorption spectroscopy and DFT calculations trace convincingly the intermediates and transition states along the reaction path (see scheme). Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.density functional calculationsphotochemistryradicalstransient absorptiontransition statesA Spectroscopic and Computational Study of a Photoinduced Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling Reaction of a Stable Semiquinone Radicaltext::journal::journal article::research article