PHOTOCHEMICAL GEOMETRICAL ISOMERIZATION OF A C=C-C=N SYSTEM. BEHAVIOR OF THE FOUR STEREOISOMERS OF 1-METHOXYIMINO-3-PHENYL-2-PROPENE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1984.289

Irradiation of the four isomers, trans-anti, trans-syn, cis-anti, and cis-syn, of 1-methoxyimino-3-phenyl-2-propene, a conjugated imine, resulted in cis-trans, syn-anti, and concurrent cis-trans and syn-anti isomerization.The photostationary isomer ratio and the quantum yields of the isomerization from each isomer were determined to elucidate the mechanism of the isomerization.