Efficient photochemical oxetane formation from 1-methyl-2,4,5-triphenylimidazole and benzophenones
✍ Scribed by Yoshikatsu Ito; Meng Ji-Ben; Shin Suzuki; Yoshitaka Kusunaga; Teruo Matsuura; Keiichi Fukuyama
- Book ID
- 104226764
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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✦ Synopsis
In contrast to simple imidazoles, l-methyl-2,4,5_triphenylimidazole (1) produced stable oxetane photoadducts 3_b -2 with good efficiency upon irradiation in the presence of benzophenone derivatives 2_b -2 in acetonitrile solution. Irradiation in the solid-phase was also studied. The oxetanes 2 -Q readily underwent cycloreversion by acid catalysis or by heating. Several years ago we found that 1-methyl-2,4,5_triphenylimidazole (l), in contrast to simple imidazoles, owned unique photochemical reactivity toward 2-cyanopyridine.'
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