Synthetic Photochemistry. VI. The Cycloaddition of Methyl Acetopyruvate with Cyclopentadiene: A Concomitant Formation of (4+2)π and (2+2)π Adducts

Hitoshi Takeshita, Akira Mori, Yoshinori Toyonaga

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan · 1975 · 13 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

Abstract The irradiation of methyl acetopyruvate in cyclopentadiene using a high-pressure mercury lamp yielded two (4+2)π and two (2+2)π adducts. These products were inert under the photochemical conditions.

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