Photochemistry of stilbenes. 8. Eliminative photocyclization of o-methoxystilbenes

FB Mallory, MJ Rudolph, SM Oh

Index: Mallory, Frank B.; Rudolph, M. Jonathan; Oh, Soon M. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1989 , vol. 54, # 19 p. 4619 - 4626

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Abstract

The synthetic value of the eliminative photocyclization of o-methoxystilbenes to give phenanthrenes with loss of the elements of methanol has been enhanced by the use of tert- butyl alcohol as the solvent and sulfuric acid as a catalyst. 2-Methoxy-5-X-stilbenes and 2- methoxy-3-X-stilbenes undergo this photoreaction to produce the corresponding 2-X- phenanthrenes and 4-X-phenanthrenes, respectively. This regioselective photochemical ...