Cyclopropene photochemistry. Intramolecular cycloaddition of a bis (cycloprop-2-enyl) methane derivative

A Padwa, M Pulwer

Index: Padwa, Albert; Pulwer, Mitchell Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1982 , # 14 p. 783

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Abstract

Photolysis of bis(2,3-diphenylcycloprop-2-enyl)methane resulted in a novel intramolecular[:! + 21 -cycloaddition followed by a facile cycloreversion of the initially-produced quadricyclane to give tetraphenylbicyclo [2.2.1] ... Photochemical syntheses of strained polycyclic molecules and their catalytic cycloreversions have attracted considerable attention in recent years as possible models for light-energy storage systems.l Among the criteria important for an efficient ...