Kamatham, NareshbabuDa Silva, José PauloGivens, Richard S.Ramamurthy, V.2019-11-202019-11-202017-071523-70601523-7052http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13066By 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 carbo cation 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.engPhotoremovable Protecting GroupsCoumarin laser-dyesAqueous-solutionEstersPhotochemistryDonorWaterPhotoreleaseGenerationMechanismMelding caged compounds with supramolecular containers: photogeneration and miscreant behavior of the coumarylmethyl carbocationjournal article10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01572