Photoreactive furan derivatives

E Lasseuguette*, A Gandini, HJ Timpe

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Abstract

Several furan compounds bearing conjugated trans C=C plus carbonyl moieties appended at the C2 position of the heterocycle were synthesized and characterized. Near-UV irradiation in bulk and in concentrated solutions induced their dimerization through a [pi 2 + pi 2] cycloaddition reaction between an excited and a ground state molecule. In dilute solutions, the excited species underwent predominantly trans-cis isomerization to give the equilibrium mixture of the isomers. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)222-228
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
Volume174
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2005

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • furan
  • photochemistry
  • dimerization
  • isomerization
  • cycloaddition
  • kinetic
  • PHOTODIMERIZATION
  • POLYMERS
  • ACID
  • ESTERS

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