The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Metal-catalyzed organic photoreactions. One-step synthesis of chlorinated ketones from olefins by photooxidation in the presence of iron (III) chloride

A Kohda, K Ueda, T Sato

Index: Kohda, Akira; Ueda, Keiko,; Sato, Tadashi Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1981 , vol. 46, # 3 p. 509 - 515

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 23

Abstract

Under photooxidation in pyridine in the presence of FeC13, mono-and disubstituted olefins gave a-chloro ketones, while tri-and tetrasubstituted olefins gave dichloro ketones with a CC bond cleavage. The reaction was interpreted in terms of an electron-transfer mechanism occurring within the coordination sphere of the iron ion.