The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Novel photochemical reactions of 3 (2H)-furanones

S Wolff, WC Agosta

Index: Wolff, Steven; Agosta, William C. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1985 , vol. 50, # 24 p. 4707 - 4711

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Abstract

2 3 4 5> approximately 210 nm) to form lactone 3. The structure of 3 was confirmed by independent synthesis, and a pathway involving a-cleavage to 4, closure to 5, and then rearrangement to 3 was suggested to account for the observed rea~ tion.~ Since these proposed steps have close analogies in the photochemistry of both cyclopentenoness