
%0 Journal Article
%A Miller, IJ 
%A Smith, GJ 
%T The photochemical formation of a quinone rnethide from coniferyl alcohol
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1975/04/01
%V 28
%N 4
%P 825-830
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9750825
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9750825 
%X It is proposed from flash photolysis experiments that, on photolysis, coniferyl alcohol gives a free radical by a monophotonic process and this radical either couples or undergoes an acid-catalysed water elimination to yield a quinone methide. The possible significance of this in terms of lignification is discussed. 
