
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Becker, HD 
A1  - Skelton, BW 
A1  - Turner, AB 
A1  - White, AH 
T1  - Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation of 10-Methyl-9-Anthraldehyde: Formation and Photochemical Dimerization of 9-Formyloxy-10-methylanthracene
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1998
VL  - 41
IS  - 12
SP  - 1977
EP  - 1982
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9881977 
N2  - Oxidation of 10-methyl-9-anthraldehyde with hydrogen peroxide in acetic acid in the presence of sulfuric acid gives 9-formyloxy-10-methylanthracene which dimerizes in solution upon exposure to light. The head-to-tail structure of the 4&#960;+4&#960; photodimer was established by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. In the crystalline state, the molecular structure is centrosymmetric, and the length of the photochemically formed bonds 1.646(4)&#506;. Crystals are monoclinic, P21/c, a 7.980(5), b 16.143(7), c 9.571(3)&#506;, &#946; 114.38(3)&#176;, Z=2 dimers; R was 0.041 for 1362 'observed' diffractometer reflections. 
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