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Photochemistry of anthracene in water

ME Sigman, SP Zingg, RM Pagni, JH Burns

Index: Sigman; Zingg; Pagni; Burns Tetrahedron Letters, 1991 , vol. 32, # 41 p. 5737 - 5740

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Abstract

Abstract Photolysis of anthracene (350 nm) in aerated water yields endoperoxide and 9, 10- anthraquinone as the major primary photoproducts. Photolysis of anthracene in oxygen- deficient aqueous solutions yields the three isomers of 10, 10′-dihydroxy-9, 9′, 10, 10′- tetrahydro-9, 9′-bianthryl as the primary photoproduct. Involvement of a cation radical mechanism is suggested.