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Solid-state and solution photolyses of tetracyanobenzene with benzyl cyanides or benzyl alcohols
Ito, Yoshikatsu,Nakabayashi, Hironari,Ohba, Shigeru,Hosomi, Hiroyuki
, p. 7139 - 7152 (2000)
Intermolecular photoreactions of tetracyanobenzene (TCNB) with benzyl cyanide (BzCN), benzyl alcohol (BzOH) and various others were investigated in the solid state (cocrystal) and in solution. The new solid-state photocoupling reaction found for the cocrystal TCNB·BzCN, giving a stilbene derivative followed by the solution isomerization into an isoindole derivative, is a very limited reaction. On the other hand, its solution photocondensation to give products of the diphenylmethane type occurred quite generally, probably under acidic conditions. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
