9-Ecoxyanthracene Reaction Lab Report

Endoperoxide is the product of the reaction between 9,10-dialcoxyanthracene or 9-alcoxyanthracene and 1O2. The bond between two oxygens can homolyticaly break leading to the molecule with two radical centers. These two radicals quickly recombine with the re-formation of the initial O-O bond. The cleavage of the endoperoxide becomes possible, when 2 electrons are donated to the biradical that should be followed by the addition of H+ ions. My goal was to prepare 9,10-dialcoxyanthracene, containing moieties, which can act as donors of electrons for the endoperoxide, and confirm that they react with singlet oxygen with formation of the desired cleavage products quicker than the parent 9,10-dialcoxyanthracene derivative. Finally I had to synthesize