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Divergent rearrangement pathways in the electron-transfer induced spiropentane-methylenecyclobutane rearrangement: Role of cip and ssip

…, Y Takahashi, H Ohaku, K Yokogawa, S Morishima…

Index: Miyashi; Takahashi; Ohaku; Yokogawa; Morishima; Mukai Tetrahedron Letters, 1990 , vol. 31, # 17 p. 2411 - 2414

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Photogenerated 1,1-diarylspiropentane cation radicals competitively rearranged to the more thermodynamically stable 1-(diarylmethylene)cyclobutanes and the less stable 2,2-diaryl-1-methylenecyclobutanes in a concerted and stepwise manner, respectively.