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Photo-induced Friedel-Crafts acylation of anthracene with aroyl chlorides.
Published Apr 1, 1978 · T. Tamaki
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
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Abstract
The photo-excitation of anthracene (1) in the presence of benzoyl chloride and its p- or m-substituted compounds (2) gave the corresponding 2- and 9-aroylanthracenes. No isomeric 1-aroylanthracenes (3) were detected. The aroyl chlorides (2) were found to quench the fluorescence of 1. The quenching constants obtained increased with increasing electron-withdrawing ability of the substituents and are in agreement with those independently obtained from the quantum yield determinations. The efficiency of the photoaroylation was dependent on the solvent polarity. The results suggest a plausible photochemical mechanism, which involves a CT complex formed from 1 in the excited singlet state and 2 in the ground state. This complex formation is supported by the positional selectivity exhibited in the product distribution.
Photo-induced Friedel-Crafts acylation of anthracene with aroyl chlorides produces 2- and 9-aroylanthracenes, with the efficiency depending on solvent polarity and electron-withdrawing ability of the substituents.
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