Title | CONTROL OF REGIOSELECTIVITY THROUGH RELIEF OF STERIC CROWDING IN THE DI-PI-METHANE PHOTOREARRANGEMENT OF 9,10-ETHENOANTHRACENE DERIVATIVES |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1992 |
Authors | Chen, JX, Pokkuluri, PR, Scheffer, JR, Trotter, J |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 33 |
Pagination | 1535-1538 |
Date Published | Mar |
Type of Article | Article |
ISBN Number | 0040-4039 |
Keywords | BICYCLIC SYSTEMS, NITROBENZOATES, REARRANGEMENTS, solvolysis |
Abstract | Product structures and quantum yields for the solution phase di-pi-methane photorearrangement of the 9,10-ethenoanthracene derivatives 1-4 have been determined. The results are consistent with a model in which relief of steric crowding is the factor that governs regioselectivity. |
URL | <Go to ISI>://A1992HJ78400002 |
