The irradiation of colchicone 5 led to the formation of lumicolchicone 7. The same reaction cannot be obtained by using thiocolchicone 6 as substrate. Transient absorption spectroscopy of colchicone and beta-lumicolchicone showed that probably the photoisomerization occurred on colchicone in its first excited singlet state. The spectroscopic data are in agreement with the hypothesis that lumicolchicone was generated in the ground state from the S-1 state of colchicone without the presence of any intermediate. Semiempirical calculations on colchicone and thiocolchicone showed that the highest single occuped molecular orbital and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the singlet excited colchicone can give a disrotatory ring closure to 7, while thiocolchicone cannot give the same type of process.
The photochemical behavior of colchicone and thiocolchicone / L. Bussotti, M. D'Auria, P. Foggi, G. Lesma, R. Righini, A. Silvani. - In: PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0031-8655. - 71:1(2000), pp. 29-34.
The photochemical behavior of colchicone and thiocolchicone
G. Lesma;A. SilvaniUltimo
2000
Abstract
The irradiation of colchicone 5 led to the formation of lumicolchicone 7. The same reaction cannot be obtained by using thiocolchicone 6 as substrate. Transient absorption spectroscopy of colchicone and beta-lumicolchicone showed that probably the photoisomerization occurred on colchicone in its first excited singlet state. The spectroscopic data are in agreement with the hypothesis that lumicolchicone was generated in the ground state from the S-1 state of colchicone without the presence of any intermediate. Semiempirical calculations on colchicone and thiocolchicone showed that the highest single occuped molecular orbital and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the singlet excited colchicone can give a disrotatory ring closure to 7, while thiocolchicone cannot give the same type of process.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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