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The preparation of 2-methoxy-4,5-dimethylstilbene and its photochemistry

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  • During a study of the abnormal dienone-phenol rearrangement discovered by Marvell and Geiszler, Imel (1960) found that 4-oxo-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydrophenanthrene rearranged slowly to a phenol which was tentatively identified as 3,4-dimethyl-l-phenanthrol; further evidence to support this assignment was deemed essential. The recent work by Mallory on the photochemical conversion of stilbenes to phenanthrenes suggested a convenient synthesis of 3,4-dimethyl-l-phenanthrol by demethylating the expected product, 1-methoxy-3,4-dimethylphenanthrene, obtained from the ultraviolet irradiation of 2-methoxy-4,5-dimethylstilbene. This substituted stilbene was synthesized by unequivocal methods and the structure confirmed by spectral methods. Irradiation of the stilbene yielded a different and unexpected product which was identified as 2,3-dimethylphenanthrene (10%), in addition to seven other products. The factors which determine the course of the ring closure step in unsymmetrical cases like that investigated here are not yet clear.
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