TY - DATA T1 - Melding Caged Compounds with Supramolecular Containers: Photogeneration and Miscreant Behavior of the Coumarylmethyl Carbocation PY - 2017/06/19 AU - Nareshbabu Kamatham AU - José P. Da Silva AU - Richard S. Givens AU - V. Ramamurthy UR - https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Melding_Caged_Compounds_with_Supramolecular_Containers_Photogeneration_and_Miscreant_Behavior_of_the_Coumarylmethyl_Carbocation/5120008 DO - 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01572.s001 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8702839 KW - Supramolecular Containers KW - reactive carbocation KW - radical-like behavior KW - triplet diradical ground-state KW - Miscreant Behavior KW - carboxylic acids KW - Melding Caged Compounds KW - supramolecular chemistry KW - Coumarylmethyl Carbocation KW - photogenerated carbocation KW - group strategy N2 - By merging well-established concepts of supramolecular chemistry, protecting group strategy, and photochemistry, we have solubilized in water hydrophobic organic molecules consisting of a photoactive protecting group and masked carboxylic acids, released the desired acid, and confined a reactive carbocation intermediate within a capsule. Confinement of the photogenerated carbocation brought out the latent radical-like behavior. This observation is consistent with the recent theoretical prediction of the 7-(diethylamino)­coumarinyl-4-methyl carbocation having a triplet diradical ground-state electronic contribution. ER -