Facile photochemical synthesis of polycyclic aromatic compounds

K Maruyama, T Otsuki, K Mitsui

Index: Maruyama, Kazuhiro; Otsuki, Tetsuo; Mitsui, Kiichiro Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1980 , vol. 45, # 8 p. 1424 - 1428

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Citation Number: 19

Abstract

A variety of polycyclic aromatic quinones, which are easily reduced to the corresponding aromatic hydrocarbons, were synthesized via a one-pot photocycloaddition reaction of simple 2-halogenated 1, 4-naphthoquinone derivatives with 1, l-disubstituted ethylenes. The yields of the photocycloadditions are generally fairly good.