Acid catalysis of the photochemical deconjugation reaction of 3-alkyl-2-cyclohexenones

A Rudolph, AC Weedon

Index: Rudolph; Weedon Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1989 , vol. 111, # 23 p. 8756 - 8757

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Abstract

Figure 1. Photochemical isophorone deconjugation at various concentrations of acetic acid:[isophorone]= 0.145 M. many aspects of the mechanisms of these photochemical reactions remain controversial. In particular, the details of the mechanism of the deconjugation reaction are confused. For example, it has been reported that photochemical deconjugation unaccountably fails for the corresponding 3-ethyl-and 3-isopropyl-2-cyclo- ...