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Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Reactions: Rearrangement of a Bicyclopropenyl Radical Cation
Abelt, Christopher J.,Roth, Heinz D.
, p. 3840 - 3843 (1985)
The reaction of 3,3'-dimethylbicyclopropenyl (1) with photoexcited electron acceptors (chloranil, fluoranil) results in conversion to a 4:1 mixture of o- and m-xylene.Nuclear spin polarization effects observed during irradiation provide direct evidence for intermediacy of 3,4-dimethylbenzvalene (2).
