
%0 Journal Article
%A Sasse, WHF 
%T Photochemical syntheses. I. The formation of the naphthalene-diphenylacetylene photo-adduct
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1969/06/01
%V 22
%N 6
%P 1257-1264
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9691257
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9691257 
%X The yield of the adduct in the light-induced naphthalene- diphenylacetylene addition depends inter alia on the concentrations of naphthalene and diphenyl-acetylene, and their ratio, the wavelengths of the incident light, and on the temperature of the reaction. The addition is retarded by oxygen and can be completely inhibited by benzophenone. A mechanism for the addition is discussed which involves the rearrangement of an exciplex derived from diphenylacetylene and singlet naphthalene. 
