The Double [3+2] Photocycloaddition Reaction

• Main Author: Woolford, Jason A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Springer Theses
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Analytical chemistry.; Organic chemistry.; Medicinal chemistry.; Organic Chemistry.; Medicinal Chemistry.; Analytical Chemistry.

Jason Woolford's thesis describes for the first time, a double [3+2] photocycloaddition of alkenes onto aromatic rings. Modern synthetic chemistry relies on the ability of researchers to uncover new and more efficient ways of creating highly complex structures. This work describes a novel, envi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and background
• Discovery of the double [3+2] photocycloaddition
• A brief discussion on fenestranes
• Investigation of the double [3+2] photocycloaddition reaction for the synthesis of fenestranes
• Attempted synthesis of a “criss-cross” double [3+2] photocycloadduct
• Attempts toward the synthesis of alternative structures via the double[3+2] photocycloaddition
• Conclusion
• Experimental
• References
• Appendix I.