Moieties norbornadiene-quadricyclane

The photocycloaddition of triplet benzophenone to norbornene was originally reported by Scharf and Korte. The photoproduct 101 that is formed in high exo-selectivity could be thermally cleaved to the 5,e-unsaturated ketone 102, an appHcation of the carbonyl-olefin metathesis (COM) concept. The 1,4-biradical formed in the interaction of norbornene with o-dibenzoyl-benzene was trapped in an intramolecular fashion by the second carbonyl moiety. A highly regioselective reaction of triplet benzophenone was reported with 5-methylenenorborn-2-ene, with preferential attack toward the exo CC double bond. A number of publications have discussed the photocycloaddition reactions of triplet carbonyl compounds to norbornadiene and quadricyclane, as weU as the competition between the Paterno-Biichi reaction and the sensitized norbornadiene/quadricyclane interconversion. Oxetane formation has also been reported for the photoreaction of biacetyl and para-quinones with benzvalene. ... 

The donor acceptor norbornadiene derivative (116) exhibits high quantum yields for valence isomerization using blue light/ Intramolecular electron transfer is involved in ring opening of the quadricyclane derivative (117) to the corresponding norbornadiene. The study has indicated that electron transfer occurs from the quadricyclane moiety to the BF2 chromophore. Further work on such systems has shown that intramolecular triplet energy transfer from the carbazole to the norbornadiene moiety also occurs in the molecule (118). ... 

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