Rapidly Rearranging Excited States of Bichromophoric Molecules-Mechanistic and Exploratory Organic Photochemistry

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00311a085

The photochemistry of 4,4-di(α-naphthyl)-2,5-cyclohexadienone and 4,4-di(β-naphthyl)-2,5-cyclohexadienone was investigated.The α-dienone rearranged with a quantum efficiency of 1.00 to afford 3,4-di(α-naphthyl)phenol as opposed to the usual type A rearran