The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Photoinduced electron-transfer-initiated aromatic cyclization

K Maruyama, T Otsuki, S Tai

Index: Maruyama, Kazuhiro; Otsuki, Tetsuo; Tai, Seiji Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1985 , vol. 50, # 1 p. 52 - 60

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Citation Number: 35

Abstract

Photochemical reaction of substituted 1, 4-naphthoquinones with 1, l-diarylethylenes led primarily to benz-[a] anthracene-7, 12-dione derivatives. Evidence was obtained that the photoreaction proceeded via a photoinduced electron-transfer process. Extension of the reaction provided regioselective syntheses of other polycyclic aromatic quinones.