Photodecaging from 9-substituted 2, 7-dihydroxy and dimethoxyfluorenes: competition between heterolytic and homolytic pathways

A Roxin, A Chase, E Jeffers, M Lukeman

Index: Roxin, Aron; Chase, Alex; Jeffers, Elizabeth; Lukeman, Matthew Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 2011 , vol. 10, # 6 p. 920 - 930

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Abstract

2, 7-Dihydroxy-9-fluorenol (9), 2, 7-dimethoxy-9-fluorenol (10), and 2, 7-dimethoxy-9- acetoxyfluorene (11) were prepared and their photochemistry was studied in methanol and aqueous methanol solution in the hopes of observing efficient expulsion of the substituents positioned at the 9-position. For all three compounds, the primary photoproducts were 2, 7- disubstituted-9-fluorenes and 2, 7-disubstituted-9-methoxyfluorenes. A mechanism of ...