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MOLECULAR REARRANGEMENTS, XVIII. PHOTOLYSIS OF N-ALKYL-ARYLAMINES
Aly, Morsy M.,Badr, Mahmoud Zarif A.,Fahmy, Attiat M.,Mahgoub, Safaa A.
, p. 15 - 22 (2007/10/02)
The direct photolysis of N-benzyl-N-methyl-aniline in isopropanol at 25 deg C for 15 hours in air gives benzaldehyde, toluene, bibenzyl, N-methylaniline and a mixture of o- and p-benzyl-N-methylaniline.Analogous products are also obtained from the photolysis of N-α- or -β-phenethyl-N-methyl-aniline in addition to trans-2,3-diphenylbutene-2 and 9,10-dimethyl-phenanthrene.The results are interpreted in terms of an intramolecular free radical mechanism starting by homolysis of the N-aralkyl bond into N-methyl-anilino and aralkyl free radicals that subsequently contribute to the formation of the identified products.
