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[摘要]：Irradiation of the title compounds [(Z)-1] in methanol afforded trans-3,8a-dihydro-2-dibenzo[f,h]quinolinone derivatives (trans-2) in preference to cis-2, all of which serve as precursors of the corresponding 3,4-dihydrodibenzoquinolinones. An analysis of the substituent and solvent effects on the cyclization occuring from the excited-state (E)-1 showed that the reactivity of this (E)-isomer is greatly influenced by the steric bulk of the alkyl group attached to the N'-amide nitrogen of the starting 1. In addition, this analysis confirmed that the stabilization of the excited-state (E)-1 (having a zwitterionic structure), by hydrogen-bonding and charge-transfer interactions with methanol, is an essential prerequisite for the occurrence of the photocyclization reaction selectively forming trans-2 and cis-2. |
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