Rearrangement of the carbon skeleton in the intramolecular photoadduct of anthracene and benzene rings

Tetrahedron

Volumn 59, Issue 28, 2003, Pages 5323-5327

  Cao, Derong ^a   Dobis, Silvia ^b   Schollmeyer, Dieter ^b   Meier, Herbert ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbenium ions; Ether cleavage; Ketones; Rearrangements

Indexed keywords

22 METHOXY 3 OXAHEXACYCLO[7.6.6.2 5,8 .0 1,5 .0 10,15 .0 16,21 ]TRICOSA 10,12,14,16,18,20,22 HEPTAEN 7 ONE; 3 OXAHEXACYCLO[7.6.6.2 5,8 .0 10,15 .0 16,21 ]TRICOSA 10,12,14,16,18,20 HEXAEN 7,22 DIONE; 7,22 DIMETHOXY 3 OXAHEXACYCLO[7.6.6.6 5,8 .0 1,5 .0 10,15 .0 16,21 ]TRICOSA 6,10,13,14,16,18,20,22 OCTAENE; 7,8,22 TRIMETHOXY 3 OXAHEXACYCLO[7.6.6.2 5,8 .0 1,5 .0 10,15 .0 16,21 ]TRICOSA 6,10,12,14,16,18,20,22 OCTAENE; 7,9 DIMETHOXY 3 OXAHEXACYCLO[8.6.6.1 5,9 .0 1,5 .0 11,6 .0 17,22 ]TRICOSA 6,11,13,15,17,19,21 HEPTAEN 8 ONE; 8 METHOXY 3 OXAHEXACYCLO[7.6.6.2 5,8 .0 1,5 .0 10,15 .0 16,21 ]TRICOSA 10,12,14,16,18,20 HEXAEN 7,22 DIONE; 9 ANTHRYLMETHYLFORMATE; 9 [(3,4,5 TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)METHOXYMETHYL]ANTHRACENE; 9 [(3,5 DIMETHOXYPHENYL)METHOXYMETHYL]ANTHRACENE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ISOMER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0042208349     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(03)00787-7     Document Type: Article

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