A First Approach to the cis-trans-cis-Photocyclodimers of 1,2-Naphthoquinone
Abstract
On irradiation (λ=350 nm), 1,2-naphthoquinone (=naphthalene-1,2-dione) monoacetals 1 are converted quantitatively to mixtures of the cis-trans-cis-photocyclodimers 2 and 3. Careful hydrolysis of each of the (parent) pentacyclic diacetals 2a and 3a affords the – rather unstable – compounds 4 and 5, respectively.