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Reaction of singlet oxygen with indanone phosphazine: formation of ketone and lactone

T Akasaka, R Sato, Y Miyama, W Ando

Index: Akasaka, Takeshi; Sato, Rikiya; Miyama, Yukiyo; Ando, Wataru Tetrahedron Letters, 1985 , vol. 26, # 7 p. 843 - 846

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Abstract

Abstract Photooxygenation of 1, 1, 3, 3-tetramethyl-2-indanone triphenyl-phosphazine afforded, in addition to the parent indanone and triphenylphosphine oxide, 2, 2, 5, 5- tetramethyl-3, 4-benzo-3-penten-5-olide from a carbonyl oxide intermediate and also gave light emission.