## Abstract Irradiation of a pentane solution of (__E__)‐dehydro‐β‐ionone‐epoxide (**1**) with light from a medium pressure mercury lamp using acetone as filter led to formation of the __isomers__ **2**, **3, 4** and **5** by novel photochemical processes.
Photolysis of the azo-precursors of 2,3- and 1,8-naphtoquinodimethane. Preliminary communication
✍ Scribed by Markus Gisin; Jakob Wirz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 291 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-019X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A novel oxidation method for the synthesis of labile azo‐alkanes is reported. Matrix‐isolated 2,3‐naphthoquinodimethane is obtained by photolysis of 1,4‐dihydrobenzo[g]‐phthalazine in a rigid matrix (EPA glass) at 77 K and the electronic structure of its ground and lowest excited states is discussed. Nitrogen elimination from 1,4‐dihydronaphtho[1,8‐de][1,2]‐diazepine to yield acenaphthene occurs exclusively upon ππ* excitation while irradiation in the n‐π* absorption region induces cis/trans isomerization of the azo‐moiety. Neither ns flash nor low‐temperature photolysis provide evidence for the occurrence of 1,8‐naphthoquinodimethane as an intermediate in the formation of acenaphthene.
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