Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Photochemical reactions of aromatic compounds. XXXVI. The photoreactions of anthracene with some selected tertiary aromatic amines in polar media.

M Yasuda, C Pac, H Sakurai

Index: Yasuda, Masahide; Pac, Chyongjin; Sakurai, Hiroshi Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1981 , vol. 54, # 8 p. 2352 - 2355

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Abstract

The photoreaction of anthracene with N, N-dimethylaniline in acetonitrile gave 9-(p- dimethylaminophenyl) 9, 10-dihydroanthracene in a good yield, along with 9, 10- dihydroanthracene and 9, 9′, 10, 10′-tetrahydro-9, 9′-bianthryl. This photoreaction was found to depend on the polarity of the solvent as well as on its protic or aprotic nature. With N, N-dimethyl-m-toluidine, a similar 1: 1 adduct was obtained, while the reduced ...