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%.
Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Arun Kumar
AK
Sundaresan
Steffen
S
Jockusch
Yongjun
Y
Li
Jeffrey R
JR
Lancaster
Steven
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Banik
Paul
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Zimmerman
James M
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Blackwell
Robert
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Bristol
Nicholas J
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Turro