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Phototropic Reaction (re J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 1386-1387)
Paul Rademacher
Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany
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December 2001
Vol. 78 No. 12
p. 1596
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I refer to the article "Cornell College Students Achieve the Highly Improbable" by A. Ault, (J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 1386-1387). The authors give a wrong interpretation for the interesting phototropic reaction. They have failed to study the relevant literature, which should also be given as references; for example:

Sixl, H.; Warta, R. Chem. Phys. 1985, 94, 147-155.
Lehn, J.-M., et al. J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 16175-16186.

According to this, a hydrogen atom is transferred to the nitrogen atom of the pyridine ring and not to an oxygen atom of a nitro group.

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 Rademacher, Paul. J. Chem. Educ. 2001 78 1596.
*  Keywords
 Crystallography / Crystal Growth; Laboratory Instruction; Organic Chemistry; Organic Synthesis; Photochemistry
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