Photochemical and thermal transformations of 3-benzyl-2 (3H)-furanones and related substrates

KR Gopidas, DR Cyr, PK Das…

Index: Gopidas, K. R.; Cyr, D. R.; Das, P. K.; George, M. V. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1987 , vol. 52, # 25 p. 5505 - 5511

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Abstract

(If) gave only the bis lactone 10a (72-75%) under direct photolysis. The bis lactones loa-c and the rearranged 5-benzyl-3, 5-diaryl-2 (5H)-furanones 9a-d were the major products in the course of sensitized irradiation of la-d in the presence of acetophenone in benzene. The thermolysis of la-d also led to the formation of the rearrangement products 9a-d in high yields (6040%). Possible mechanisms of these various photochemical and thermal ...