Mechanistic and synthetic studies in organic photochemistry. XII. Photodecarboxylation of esters. Photolysis of. alpha.-and. beta.-naphthalenemethyl derivatives

RS Givens, B Matuszewski…

Index: Givens,R.S. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1974 , vol. 96, # 17 p. 5547 - 5552

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Abstract: The photochemistry of the three naphthalenemethyl esters, a-and P- naphthalenemethyl phenylacetates (1 and 5) and P-naphthalenemethyl P-naphthylacetate (lo), and two benzyl esters, benzyl a-and P-naphthylacetate (8 and 9), was examined in detail. The photodecarboxylation was shown to proceed by way of the singlet state by sensitization and quenching experiments yielding benzyl or naphthalenemethyl (a or P) ...