Streit U, Bochet CG. The arene-alkene photocycloaddition.
Beilstein J Org Chem 2011;
7:525-42. [PMID:
21647263 PMCID:
PMC3107530 DOI:
10.3762/bjoc.7.61]
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Abstract
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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