Synthesis of thyminyl stilbazoles and their photo-reactivity

Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2014 Sep;13(9):1290-6. doi: 10.1039/c4pp00185k.

Abstract

Photo-reactions of molecules with two [2π + 2π]-cycloaddition sites in the solid state are reported. Four thyminyl stilbazoles having both a stilbazole olefin and a thyminyl olefin were synthesized using the Heck reaction of halo-pyridine substrates with vinylbenzyl thymine or methylated vinylbenzylthymine. Only one of them, methylated vinylbenzylthymine with 4-pyridine, was photoreactive and formed a head-to-tail stilbazole dimer. The crystal structures of thyminyl stilbazoles and the stilbazole dimer were used to investigate the structure-reactivity relationships.

MeSH terms

  • Alkenes / chemistry
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Cycloaddition Reaction
  • Dimerization
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Pyridines / chemistry
  • Pyrimidinones / chemical synthesis
  • Pyrimidinones / chemistry*
  • Thymine / chemistry*
  • Ultraviolet Rays

Substances

  • Alkenes
  • Pyridines
  • Pyrimidinones
  • pyridine
  • Thymine