A practical photochemical synthesis of 6-aza-1,10-phenanthroic anhydride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919608003778

A high yield synthesis of 6-aza-1,10-phenanthroic anhydride has been developed. The key step is a volume-efficient photochemical cyclization of azastilbene 5 to the photochemically stable dihydroazaphenanthrene 9.

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A Practical Photochemical
Synthesis of 6-AZA-1, 10-
Phenanthroic Anhydride
M. E. Pierce a , J. M. D. Fortunak a & Q. Islam a
a Chemical Process R&D Department, Process
Research Facility , The DuPont Merck
Pharmaceutical Company , Deepwater, New Jersey,
08023–0999
Published online: 21 Aug 2006.
To cite this article: M. E. Pierce , J. M. D. Fortunak & Q. Islam (1996) A Practical
Photochemical Synthesis of 6-AZA-1, 10-Phenanthroic Anhydride, Synthetic
Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic
Organic Chemistry, 26:19, 3645-3652, DOI: 10.1080/00397919608003778
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