Synthesis and oxygen-walk rearrangement of dibenz(a,c)anthracene 1,2-oxide

✍ Scribed by Derek.R. Boyd; Gerard A. O'Kane

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 133 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)91384-x

✦ Synopsis

The concomitant synthesis of dibenz(a,c)anthracene l,Z-oxide (8) and benz(a)anthryl (5.6-f) oxepine ( 9) from a common dibromoacetate precursor, and photoisomerization of arene oxide (8) to the oxepine ( 9) y& an oxygen walk mechanism occurs in accord with predictions.