Chemistry Letters, Vol.35, No.5, 482-483, 2006
Catalytic ability of 9-cyanophenanthrene in oxidative photodimerization of 2,5-dimethyl-2,4-hexadiene
The oxidative photodimerization reaction of 2,5-dimethyl-2,4-hexadiene (1) in the presence of nucleophiles was efficiently catalyzed by 9-cyanophenanthrene (9-CP) to give nucleophile substituted 3,7-decadienes.