24703-25-1Relevant articles and documents
DICYANOANTHRACENE-SENSITIZED PHOTOOXYGENATION OF THUJOPSENE
Hatsui, Toshihide,Suzuki, Nobumasa,Takeshita, Hitoshi
, p. 639 - 642 (2007/10/02)
9,10-Dicyanoanthracene-sensitized photooxygenation of thujopsene proceeded by singlet oxygen, but the reaction with added biphenyl caused an electron transfer and produced a novel product which has no longer possessed the cyclopropane ring.The ring cleavage is best explained in terms of intermediary formation of a radical cation.