Photochemical reaction of 1, 4-naphthalenedicarbonitrile with alkylbenzenes and bibenzyls

A Albini, E Fasani, M Mella

Index: Albini, Angelo; Fasani, Elisa; Mella, Mariella Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1986 , vol. 108, # 14 p. 4119 - 4125

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Abstract

Abstract: The photochemical reaction of 1, 4-naphthalenedicarbonitrile with some alkylbenzenes and bibenzyls has been examined. A unitary mechanistic picture is formulated on the basis of product study, deuteration experiments, and fluorescence and reaction quantum yield measurements. Proton transfer within the singlet radical ion pair followed by in-cage cycloaddition of the two radicals yields stereoselectively $1 1- ...