Radical ions in photochemistry. 15. The photosubstitution reaction between dicyanobenzenes and alkyl olefins

…, DR Arnold, TS Cameron

Index: Borg, Robert M.; Arnold, Donald R.; Cameron, T. Stanley Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 62, p. 1785 - 1802

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Abstract

The photosubstitution (electron transfer) reaction between 1, 4-dicyanobenzene (1) and 2, 3- dimethyl-2-butene (2), which gives 1-(4-cyanophenyl)-2, 3-dimethyl-2-butene (3) and 3-(4- cyanophenyl)-2, 3-dimethyl-1-butene (4), has been extended to other dicyanobenzene- olefin mixtures. Substitution of a cyano group occurs when both 1 or 1, 2-dicyanobenzene (5) are irradiated in acetonitrile solution, in the presence of 2 or cyclohexene (16). Under ...