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Photochemical Rearrangements Of 6/5 -Fused Cross-Conjugated Cyclohexadiensnes In Protic Solvents, Drury Caine, John T. Gupton, Ko Ming, William J. Powers Iii

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Irradiation of the ring A unsubstituted 6/5-fused cross-conjugated cyclohexadienone (1a) and its 2-methyl derivative (1b) in methanolic acetic acid yields, in addition to other products, novel tricyclononane derivatives which have been assigned the structures (3a) and (3b).