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Photoaddition of benzil to electron-rich olefins
Auther : N. A. AL M. J. IJAM, F. AL-OMRAN AND B. GOPALAKRISHNAN
Chemistry Department, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5969; 13060 Safat, Kuwait
ABSTRACT
Benzil I was found to add photochemically to ethyl vinyl ether IH, w-methylstyrene IV, furan V and 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene Vito give the corresponding oxetanes as the major photoproduct. (in the case of 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene, dioxene was also formed in equal amounts), whereas w furfural II, the photoproduct was found to be the corresponding keto ester.