Y. Sonoda et al., A heavy-atom effect on the cis-trans photoisomerization of bisformyl-substituted trans,trans,trans-1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene, CHEM LETT, (7), 1999, pp. 587-588
On irradiation of p,p'-bisformyl-substituted trans, trans trans-,6-diphenyl
-1,3,5-hexatriene in ethyl iodide, trans, trans, trans --> tuans,cis,tuans
isomerization was predominantly observed, which is in contrast to stereosel
ective trans, trans trans --> cis, trans, trans isomerization in common org
anic solvents.