1,4-dicarbonyl-2,5-cyclohexadiene
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Marquardt, Ralph ;Sander, Wolfram ;Laue, Thomas ;Hopf, Henning
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Article
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1995
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The mechanism of the photolysis of [2.2]paracyclophane‐1,10‐dione (9) was investigated in solution and in argon matrices. The first step of the photolysis involves α‐cleavage of the cyclophane yielding a diradical 11 which could be trapped by ethanol. In argon at 10 K the diradical rapi