Preparative Organic Chemistry
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ChemInform Abstract: Photolysis of Triarylacetonitriles. A Novel Photochemical Generation of Phenyl(cyano)carbene.
First published: September 11, 1990
Abstract
Upon irradiation triphenylacetonitrile (I) undergoes the novel α,α-elimination previously reported for some analogous compounds to give (III) and (IV).
ChemInform Abstract
Upon irradiation triphenylacetonitrile (I) undergoes the novel α,α-elimination previously reported for some analogous compounds to give (III) and (IV). When a methoxy group is introduced into the phenyl ring, however, another photochemical process which gives the corresponding triarylmethane (VI) and the methoxytriarylmethane (VII) takes place.
