The efficiency of benzil-sensitized photoepoxidation: a correction

PD Bartlett, AAM Roof, N Shimizu

Index: Bartlett, Paul D.; Roof, Antonius A.M.; Shimizu, Nobujiro Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1982 , vol. 104, # 11 p. 3130 - 3131

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Abstract

Abstract: Photosensitized epoxidation of norbornene by benzil leads to about two epoxide molecules or less per diketone molecule consumed, not the larger numbers previously reported. 3 It is not necessary to postulate a chain mechanism for this epoxidation, although side reactions still complicate the process in many cases.