Tetrahedron letters

Novel photoisomerization of 5-chloro-1, 4-dihydro-9-methyl-naphthalen-1, 4-imine

LA Motyka

Index: Motyka, Linda A. Tetrahedron Letters, 1985 , vol. 26, # 24 p. 2827 - 2830

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Abstract

Abstract Direct photolysis of 5-chloro-1, 4-dihydro-9-methyl-naphthalen-1, 4-imine in cyclohexane gave a mixture of 1-chloronaphthalene and isomeric dihydrocyclobut [b] indoles 5 and 6. Dihydrocyclobut [b] indoles 5 and 6 thermally rearranged to give 1-