作者:Yasuo Kubo、Takeo Inoue、Hidefusa Sakai
DOI:10.1021/ja00046a009
日期:1992.9
Irradiation of dimethyl 1,4-naphthalenedicarboxylate (1) with various alkenes 2, and 10a-d is found to give novel 1,8-adducts 3, 11a-d, 12a,b,d, and 13b,d. The 1,8-photoaddition proceeds with retention of the stereochemistry of the alkenes in the reactions with trans- and cis-2-butene (5 and 7). Because there is no evidence for a preformed ground-state complex between 1 and the alkenes, the 1,8-addition proceeds from the singlet excited state of 1. Fluorescence of 1 is inefficiently but significantly quenched by alkenes, and an exciplex emission is observed on quenching by 10c. A possible mechanism for the 1,8-photoaddition, involving exciplex formation and an almost synchronous two-bond formation in the exciplex to give a zwitterionic intermediate 15 followed by suprafacial proton transfer, is proposed.