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A quantitative examination of the photoisomerization of some protonated phenols
Childs, Ronald F.,George, Baha E.
, p. 1343 - 1349 (2007/10/02)
The photoisomerization of a series of protonated, methyl substituted phenols to protonated bicyclohexenones has been examined.These reactions, which were carried out in CF3SO3H as a strong acid solvent at ambient temperatures, provide a convenient route to a variety of bicyclohexenones.The quantum yields for these photoisomerizations vary from 0.018 for protonated 3,5-dimethylphenol to 0.65 for protonated 2,6-dimethylphenol.This variation in efficiency can be understood in terms of a competition between ring opening, to regenerate the starting phenol, or cyclopropyl migration, to give product, of aninitially formed intermediate.