Mohammed Ikbal, Rakesh Banerjee, Sanghamitra Atta, Avijit Jana, Dibakar Dhara*, Anakuthil Anoop* and N. D. Pradeep Singh*[a]
A new class of carboxylate and sulfonate esters of 1-hydroxy-2(1H)-quinolone has been demonstrated as non-ionic photoacid generators (PAGs). Irradiation of carboxylates and sulfonates of 1-hydroxy-2(1H)-quinolone by UV light (≥310 nm) resulted in homolysis of weak N-O bond leading to the...