Structure Elucidation and Assignment of 1H and 13C Spectra of the New Fused Cyclobutane-Naphthofuran Derivative by Two-Dimensional NMR in Different Solvents

Abstract

One of the major product from the photodimerization of 2-[2-(2-methyl-phenyl)ethenyl)]naphtho[2. 1-b]furan (1) is a new fused cyclobutane-naphthofuran derivative, 6-(2-methylphenyl)-1-[2-(2-methylphenyl)ethenyl]-7-(2-naphtho-[2,1-b]furyl)-3-[2,1]naphtho-2-oxabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-3-ene (2). Its 1H and 13C NMR spectra were fully assigned by the application of COSY, LR COSY, NOESY, APT and HETCOR experiments in deuterated chloroform, acetone and benzene solutions.