Canadian Journal of Chemistry

The influence of remote substituents upon ionization potential. Part I. The effect of two allylic oxygens upon the ionization of the π-bond

RS Brown

Index: Brown,R.S. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1976 , vol. 54, p. 805 - 812

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Abstract

The photoelectron (pe) spectrum of ascaridole (1) shows an unusually high binding potential for the π-bond. Several possible explanations both conjugative and inductive in nature can be envisioned to account for these observations. To probe which of these mechanisms was prominent, several symmetrical bisallylic oxygen compounds as well as their saturated analogues were synthesised and their pe spectra recorded. Substitution at the allylic ...