Photochemical formation and chemistry of long-lived adamantylidene-quinone methides and 2-adamantyl cations

…, I Žabčić, K Mlinaric-Majerski, P Wan

Index: Wan, Peter; Chak, Becky Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2: Physical Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1986 , p. 1751 - 1756

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Citation Number: 26

Abstract

Hydroxymethylphenols strategically substituted with the 2-hydroxy-2-adamantyl moiety, AdPh 8-10, were synthesized, and their photochemical reactivity was investigated. On excitation to the singlet excited state, AdPh 8 undergoes intramolecular proton transfer