Studies on the reaction mechanism of the photocyclization of N-aryl enamines. Dependence of quantum yields on back and side reactions

T Wolff, R Waffenschmidt

Index: Wolff, Thomas; Waffenschmidt, Reinhard Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1980 , vol. 102, # 19 p. 6098 - 6102

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Abstract: The photocyclization of 1-(N-methylanilino)-3, 4-dihydronaphthalene (l), 1-(N- methyiani1ino)-1-phenyl-1-propene (3), and 1-(N-methy1anilino)-1-phenyl-1-butene (4) in diethyl ether and methylcyclohexane (MCH) was investigated as a function of temperature. Decay kinetics of intermediates and relative quantum yields of product and intermediate formation were measured by using flash photolysis and steady irradiation experiments. In ...