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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 222-228 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry |
| Volume | 174 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2005 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- furan
- photochemistry
- dimerization
- isomerization
- cycloaddition
- kinetic
- PHOTODIMERIZATION
- POLYMERS
- ACID
- ESTERS