The arene-alkene photocycloaddition.

Streit U; Bochet CG

doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.61

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The arene-alkene photocycloaddition.

Streit U Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
Bochet CG

2011-06-08

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Beilstein journal of organic chemistry. - 2011

English In the presence of an alkene, three different modes of photocycloaddition with benzene derivatives can occur; the [2 + 2] or ortho, the [3 + 2] or meta, and the [4 + 2] or para photocycloaddition. This short review aims to demonstrate the synthetic power of these photocycloadditions.

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