eprintid: 17700 rev_number: 18 userid: 1418 dir: disk0/00/01/77/00 datestamp: 2013-03-14 14:11:45 lastmod: 2021-02-02 14:55:19 status_changed: 2013-03-14 14:11:45 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 eprint_status: archive creators_name: Tehfe, MA creators_name: Monot, J creators_name: Malacria, M creators_name: Fensterbank, L creators_name: Fouassier, JP creators_name: Curran, DP creators_name: Lacôte, E creators_name: Lalevée, J creators_email: creators_email: creators_email: creators_email: creators_email: creators_email: curran@pitt.edu creators_email: creators_email: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: CURRAN creators_id: creators_id: title: A water-compatible NHC-borane: Photopolymerizations in water and rate constants for elementary radical reactions ispublished: pub divisions: sch_as_chemistry full_text_status: public abstract: Rate constants for important elementary reactions of 2,4-dimethyl-1,2,4- triazol- 3-ylidene borane (1) and its derived boryl radical have been measured in the presence and absence of water. Reactions including H-abstraction by tBuO, and onward reactions of the derived radical with methyl acrylate (addition), iodopropane (halogen abstraction), and an iodonium salt (oxidation) are unaffected by the presence of a high concentration (1.5 M) of water. Extending these results, borane (1) has been found to be an efficient new co-initiator for the visible light photopolymerization of monomers in the presence of both air and water. © 2011 American Chemical Society. date: 2012-01-17 date_type: published publication: ACS Macro Letters volume: 1 number: 1 pagerange: 92 - 95 refereed: TRUE id_number: 10.1021/mz200087g citation: Tehfe, MA and Monot, J and Malacria, M and Fensterbank, L and Fouassier, JP and Curran, DP and Lacôte, E and Lalevée, J (2012) A water-compatible NHC-borane: Photopolymerizations in water and rate constants for elementary radical reactions. ACS Macro Letters, 1 (1). 92 - 95. document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/17700/1/licence.txt