Adiabatic ring opening in tethered naphthalene and anthracene cycloadducts.
The cycloadducts of tethered naphthalene and anthracene derivatives undergo photochemical ring opening to an electronically excited product with adiabatic yields up to 90%.
Sundaresan
Arun Kumar
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Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Jockusch
Steffen
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Li
Yongjun
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Lancaster
Jeffrey R
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Banik
Steven
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Zimmerman
Paul
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Blackwell
James M
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Bristol
Robert
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Turro
Nicholas J
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