Novel photoaddition of α-methylstyrene to N-methyl-1,8-naphthalimide in methanol. Formation of a tetracyclic adduct.

✍ Scribed by Paul H. Mazzocchi; Cathleen Somich; Herman Ammon

• Book ID: 104242265
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 149 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)91073-1

✦ Synopsis

Photolysis of 1,8-naphthalimide and a-methylstyrene in methanol results in the formation of a novel tetracyclic product via initial electron transfer.

The photochemistry of N-methylphthalimide in the presence of amethylstyrene is characterized by the formation of two products in methanol solution. 1,2,3 The benzazepinedione products such as 1 have been shown to arise