Symmetry-enforced conformational control of photochemical reactivity in 2-vinyl-1,3-terphenyl
Symmetry-enforced conformational control of photochemical reactivity in 2-vinyl-1,3-terphenyl
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DOI:
10.1021/ja028251q
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发表时间:
2002-11-20
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15
通讯作者:
Rubin, M
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作者:
Lewis, FD;Zuo, XB;Rubin, M
The photocyclization ofo-vinylbiphenyl to 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene occurs with very low quantum yield because of the low ground-state population of the reactive syn rotamer. 2-Vinyl-1,3-terphenyl exists as a single rotamer which undergoes highly efficient photocyclization. Irradiation at 77 K in a rigid glass permits observation of the 8a,9-dihydrophenanthrene which rearranges to the 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene upon warming of the glass. The barriers for photocyclization and the thermal sigmatropic hydrogen shift are both remarkably small.