Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Low-temperature photolysis of ortho-substituted azidobiphenyls. Formation of phenazines from 2, 2'-diazidobiphenyls.

A Yabe

Index: Yabe, Akira Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1980 , vol. 53, # 10 p. 2933 - 2937

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Abstract

It was found that the unexpected phenazines were formed as minor products by the low- temperature photolysis of 2, 2′-diazidobiphenyls in a rigid matrix. The phenazine formation results from the 1, 1′-C–C bond fission of the biphenyl nucleus and suggests the aziridine intermediates. The low-temperature photolysis of 2-azido-2′-methylbiphenyl and 2-azido- 2′, 4′, 6′-trimethylbiphenyl leads to the triplet-derived phenanthridine derivatives as ...