PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS OF NAPHTHALENEDICARBOXIMIDES. EFFECT OF ARENE STRUCTURE IN IMIDE COMPOUNDS ON REACTION WITH OLEFINS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1984.2075

Photolyses of N-methylnaphthalenedicarboximides (1,8-NI, 2,3-NI, and 1,2-NI) with various olefins were investigated in benzene.The reaction pathways depended largely on the structure of arene moiety of the imides.The main reactions of 1,8-NI, 2,3-NI, and 1,2-NI were found as cyclobutane formation, oxetane formation, and insertion of olefin between the C(=O)-N bond of imide moiety, respectively.