The arene–alkene photocycloaddition

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ursula Streit, Christian G. Bochet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beilstein-Institut 2011-04-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.7.61