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Synfacts 2010(1): 0051-0051  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1218419
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Small Hydrocarbon Cages

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jose M. Lobez
M. Pillekamp, W. Alachraf, I. M. Oppel, G. Dyker*
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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21 December 2009 (online)

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Significance

The authors revisit the photocyclization reaction of 2, which had been previously studied and thought to yield dimer 4. However, XRD and MS analysis revealed that the product from the photochemical reaction under both dilute and concentrated conditions is surprisingly the cage hydrocarbon 3.