The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Mechanistic aspects of the photochemistry of unsaturated nitriles

DM Gale

Index: Gale,D.M. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1970 , vol. 35, p. 970 - 972

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Citation Number: 16

Abstract

Simple unsaturated nitriles [acrylonitrile, crotononitrile, and 2-cyanobutadiene (I)] were shown to undergo well-defined photochemical reactions. Mechanistic aspects of these reactions were studied with the aid of quantitative measurements. The isolation of 1- cyanobicyclobutane (111) as the major product from the photolysis of I suggests a diradical intermediate (IV).