Photochemical reaction of thioacetophenone trimer (2,4,6-trimethyl-2,4,6-triphenyl-1,3,5-trithiolan)
Abstract
Irradiation of thioacetophenone trimer (1) in cyclohexane affords 2,4-diphenylthiophen (4) and 9,10-dimethylphenanthrene (5)via thioacetophenone (2).