Photoaddition of water and alcohols to 3-nitrostyrenes. Structure-reactivity and solvent effects

P Wan, MJ Davis, MA Teo

Index: Wan, Peter; Davis, Michael J.; Teo, Mary-Anne Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1989 , vol. 54, # 6 p. 1354 - 1359

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Abstract

Results Product Studies. Our experience with nitrostyrene photohydration has shown that the 3-nitro isomers react more cleanly and with much higher quantum yields than the corresponding 4-nitro isomers.'?* This is also true in studies of the photo-retro-aldol type reactions of nitrobenzyl derivatives, in which the 4-nitro isomers have more complicated mechanistic behavior than the corresponding 3-nitro isomer~.~ J~ For these reasons, we ...