Photochemical Reaction of Ethyl 3-Oxo-2, 4-diphenylbutanoate

M Yoshioka, H Osawa, S Fukuzawa

Index: Yoshioka, Michikazu; Osawa, Haruhiko; Fukuzawa, Shinji Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1982 , vol. 55, # 3 p. 877 - 879

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Abstract

Irradiation of ethyl 3-oxo-2, 4-diphenylbutanoate in hexane gave the products formed by recombination of the radicals (Ph–\ dotCH 2 and/or Ph–\ dotCH–CO 2 Et) resulting from decarbonylation, together with small amounts of 1, 2-diphenylethanol and ethyl α- hydroxyphenylacetate, whereas in benzene no 1, 2-diphenylethanol was found. Under oxygen an increased amount of ethyl α-hydroxyphenylacetate and no radical ...