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Photochlorination of toluene – the thin line between intensification and selectivity. Part 2: selectivity

Ümit Taştan, Phillip Seeber, Stephan Kupfer, Dirk Ziegenbalg

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The selectivity of the photochlorination of toluene was found to decrease under intensified conditions. This was traced back to the formation of a toluene–chlorine complex, that activates the ring upon irradiation and causes ring chlorination.

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The selectivity of the photochlorination of toluene was found to decrease under intensified conditions. This was traced back to the formation of a toluene–chlorine complex, that activates the ring upon irradiation and causes ring chlorination.

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The selectivity of the photochlorination of toluene was found to decrease under intensified conditions. This was traced back to the formation of a toluene–chlorine complex, that activates the ring upon irradiation and causes ring chlorination.

Key concepts: Toluene, Selectivity, Chlorine, Ring (chemistry), Chemistry, Photochemistry, Organic chemistry, Catalysis

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