Time-delayed, two-color excimer laser photolysis of 1,8-bis(substituted-methyl)naphthalenes with group 16 atom leaving groups

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)01970-S

Time-delayed, two-color photolysis of 1,8-bis(phenoxymethyl)-(1a), 1,8-bis(phenylthiomethyl)-(1b), and 1,8-bis(phenylselenomethyl)-naphthalene (1c) was conducted by successive irradiation of XeCl (308 nm) and XeF (351 nm) excimer lasers. The yield of the two-photon product, acenaphthene 3, was strongly dependent on the delay time and showed two maxima at different delay times.