Mitchell Pulwer

Rearrangement in the 1,3′-bicyclopropenyl series

Abstract The photochemical behavior of a representative 1,3′-bicyclopropene was studied and was found to undergo a novel rearrangement to a naphthalene derivative.

On the mechanism of the photoisomerization reaction of aryl substituted indenes

Abstract The mechanism of the phototransposition reaction of a number arylalkyl substituted indenes has been found to be markedly dependent on the nature and location of the substituent groups.

Cyclopropene photochemistry. Intramolecular cycloaddition of a bis(cycloprop-2-enyl)methane derivative

Photolysis of bis(2,3-diphenylcycloprop-2-enyl)methane resulted in a novel intramolecular [2 + 2]-cycloaddition followed by a facile cycloreversion of the initially-produced quadricyclane to give tetraphenylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptadiene.