Norrish Type II photoreactivity of β-ani
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Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy; Prasenjit Mal
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Article
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2003
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Elsevier Science
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French
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In contary to the general notion that b-arylpropiophenones are photostable, photolysis of b-anisylketones 1 and 2 is found to result in Norrish Type II reactions; Yang cyclization affords two cyclobutanols in moderate yields (31-43%) in a highly stereoselective manner. The solvents are found to exer