ELECTRON-TRANSFER-INDUCED ISOMERIZATION OF CIS,TRANS-1,4-DIPHENYL-1,3-BUTADIENE AND TRANS,TRANS-1,4-DIPHENYL-1,3-BUTADIENE

Authors
WAKAMATSU K TAKAHASHI Y KIKUCHI K MIYASHI T
Citation
K. Wakamatsu et al., ELECTRON-TRANSFER-INDUCED ISOMERIZATION OF CIS,TRANS-1,4-DIPHENYL-1,3-BUTADIENE AND TRANS,TRANS-1,4-DIPHENYL-1,3-BUTADIENE, Tetrahedron letters, 35(31), 1994, pp. 5681-5684
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
35
Issue
31
Year of publication
1994
Pages
5681 - 5684
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1994)35:31<5681:EIOC>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Irradiation of cis,trans- or trans,trans-1,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadiene wi th 9,10-dicyanoanthracene as a sensitizer results in predominant cis,t rans --> trans,trans geometric isomerization in acetonitrile. A cation radical chain mechanism is proposed to be operative.