The Journal of organic chemistry

Photoinduced C-Br Homolysis of 2-Bromobenzophenones and Pschorr Ring Closure of 2-Aroylaryl Radicals to Fluorenones

JN Moorthy, S Samanta

Index: Moorthy, Jarugu Narasimha; Samanta, Subhas Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2007 , vol. 72, # 25 p. 9786 - 9789

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Abstract

A variety of diversely substituted 2-aroylaryl radicals, generated by photoinduced homolysis of 2-bromoarylketones, is shown to undergo Pschorr cyclization to yield fluorenones in moderate to excellent yields. The photochemical results illustrate that the substituents in the two phenyl rings of the 2-bromobenzophenone skeleton exert a dramatic influence on the reactivity of the derived 2-aroylaryl radicals. The disubstitution by methoxy groups in the ...