Photochemical rearrangements of. alpha.-methylene ketones

RA Cormier, WL Schreiber…

Index: Cormier,R.A. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1973 , vol. 95, # 15 p. 4873 - 4884

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Abstract

Abstract: Preparation and irradiation of 18 a-methylene ketones are described. The resulting products. which are summarized in Table I, are isomeric cyclobutyl ketones, cyclopropyl ketones, and 2-methylenecyclobutanols, formation of which may be explained by eq 1 and 2. In many cases the reaction leads from readily prepared substrates to useful yields of cyclobutyl ketones, including simple, bicyclic, and spirocyclic systems. n this report we ...