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Synthesis of Terpolymers at Mild Temperatures Using Dynamic Sulfur Bonds in PolyS-Divinylbenzene
Published on: May 20, 2019
Photochemical studies on bis-sulfide and -sulfone tethered polyenic derivatives
Simon Guélen1, Max Blazejak, Lise-Marie Chamoreau
1Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8232 Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France. virginie.mansuy@upmc.fr louis.fensterbank@upmc.fr.
Abstract:
This study focusses on the [2 + 2]-photocycloaddition of a symmetric polyenic system tethered by an aryl bis-sulfide or sulfone platform. Using direct irradiation or photosensitization, no expected ladderane product was isolated. In most cases, only tricyclic products including a single cyclobutane moiety were formed. Irradiation of bis-acrylic precursors in water with encapsulation by a host (cyclodextrin or cucurbituril) provided a stereoselective access to valuable cyclobutyl adducts.
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