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Photoreactions of Semi-Stiff-Diarylethenes Based on the Cyclohexenol Motif

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posted on 2024-09-06, 03:05 authored by Ekaterina S. Sergeeva, Anastasia A. Svistova, Igor A. Ushakov, Anna V. Vologzhanina, Dmitry V. Pavlov, Konstantin A. Lyssenko, Valerii Z. Shirinian, Andrey G. Lvov
Nonsymmetric diarylethenes with an additional “stiff” cyclohexenol ring undergo various types of tandem transformations launched by light-induced 6π-photocyclization. Among these, there are two novel reactions (formal [1,3]-H migration and complete aromatization to an anthracene derivative) as well as photorearrangement and formal methane elimination. This diverse reactivity demonstrates the great potential of semi-stiff-diarylethenes in synthetic photochemistry.

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