Tetrahedron letters

A new mechanism for the photocleavage of monothioimides

TY Fu, JR Scheffer, J Trotter

Index: Fu, Tai Y.; Scheffer, John R.; Trotter, James Tetrahedron Letters, 1994 , vol. 35, # 20 p. 3235 - 3238

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Abstract

Abstract Based on solid state structure-reactivity correlation studies and on deuterium labeling experiments, it is concluded that the photochemical formation of thiobenzanilides 2a–d from monothioimides 1a–d does not involve initial γ-hydrogen atom abstraction as originally suggested in the literature. Alternative mechanistic possibilities are presented and discussed.