Photoinduced Reactions. LXXIII. Solvent Dependence in the Photochemical Reaction of α-Nitroepoxides

I Saito, M Takami, T Konoike, T Matsuura

Index: Saito,I. et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1973 , vol. 46, # 10 p. 3198 - 3202

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Abstract

The photochemical reaction of α-nitroepoxides showed marked solvent dependence. The photolysis of (1, 2-epoxy-2-nitropropyl) benzene (I) in 2-propanol led to the formation of three products 1-phenyl-1-isopropoxy-2-propanone (IIb), 1-phenyl-1, 2-propanedione oxime (III) and 1-hydroxy-1-phenyl-2-propanone oxime (IV), whereas on irradiation in ether I gave exclusively IV. However, in t-butyl alcohol, benzene, acetone, acetonitrile or n-hexane, I ...