ETUDE COMPARATIVE DE LA PHOTOREACTIVITE D'ENAMIDES ET DE THIOENAMIDS AROMATIQUES TERTIAIRES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)91137-8

Photolytic reactions of some simple aromatic enamides and thioenamides illustrate a novel example of the dramatic difference in the photochemical behaviour of carbonyl and thiocarbonyl compounds.In contrast with their oxo-analogues which are photoconverted into enaminoketones, thioenamides undergo photochemical cyclization to yield isoquinolinethione derivatives which can be easily convered into isoquinolones and tetrahydroisoquinolines.