Adiabatic ring opening in tethered naphthalene and anthracene cycloadducts

Arun Kumar Sundaresan,Steffen Jockusch,Yongjun Li,Jeffrey R. Lancaster,Steven M Banik,Paul M. Zimmerman,James M. Blackwell,Robert A. Wilson Bristol,Nicholas J. Turro

Adiabatic ring opening in tethered naphthalene and anthracene cycloadducts

2010

Arun Kumar Sundaresan
Steffen Jockusch
Yongjun Li
Jeffrey R. Lancaster
Steven M Banik
Paul M. Zimmerman
James M. Blackwell
Robert A. Wilson Bristol
Nicholas J. Turro

The cycloadducts of tethered naphthalene and anthracene derivatives undergo photochemical ring opening to an electronically excited product with adiabatic yields up to 90%.

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Photochemistry
Ground state
Adiabatic process
Organic chemistry
Anthracene
Potential energy surface
Excited state
Naphthalene
Chemistry
Computational chemistry

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