Synthesis of a highly reactive heterocyclic reactant and its unusual photochemistry; mechanistic and exploratory organic photochemistry.
[reaction: see text] A unique new set of reactions has been observed in heterocyclic photochemistry. 2-Methyl-4,4-diphenyl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-1(2H)-one has been synthesized and its photochemistry investigated. This compound has been found to lead to a rearranged, dimeric product arising from a unique bond-scission process.
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. zimmerman@chem.wisc.edu
Howard E
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Zimmerman
Alexei
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Pushechnikov