Tetrahedron Letters

Photoreactions 0f 4-cyanopyridine with alkenols influence of the medium on the reaction mechanism and photoproducts formation

T Caronna, A Clerici, D Coggiola, S Morrocchi

Index: Caronna, Tullio; Clerici, Angelo; Coggiola, Dianella; Morrocchi, Sergio Tetrahedron Letters, 1981 , vol. 22, # 22 p. 2115 - 2118

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Abstract

Abstract Irradiation of 4-cyanopyridine in the presence of 4-penten-1-ol and 5-hexen-1-ol is reported. Hydrogen abstraction from the methylene α to the hydroxyl group in neutral medium and an electron transfer from the double bond in acidified medium account for the photoproducts obtained.