MODIFICATION OF HOST PHOTOBEHAVIOR BY FORMATION OF CRYSTALLINE HOST-GUEST ASSEMBLIES

Authors
FU TY OLOVSSON G SCHEFFER JR TROTTER J
Citation
Ty. Fu et al., MODIFICATION OF HOST PHOTOBEHAVIOR BY FORMATION OF CRYSTALLINE HOST-GUEST ASSEMBLIES, Tetrahedron letters, 36(25), 1995, pp. 4353-4356
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
36
Issue
25
Year of publication
1995
Pages
4353 - 4356
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1995)36:25<4353:MOHPBF>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
-9,10-ethenoanthracene-11,12-bis(diphenylmethanol) (1) forms stable cr ystalline complexes with ethanol, acetone and toluene. In solution, di ol 1 undergoes the di-pi-methane photorearrangement, but irradiation o f the complexes in the crystalline state leads to a novel dehydration reaction. X-ray crystallography reveals the probable source of this di fference in behavior: pre-organization of the hydroxyl groups in the s olid state in a hydrogen-bonded arrangement that is particularly favor able for dehydration.