Enhanced regioselectivity of Yang photocyclization in the crystalline state.
[reaction: see text] In contrast to the solution state, where Yang photocyclization of ketones of general structure 1 leads to equal amounts of cyclobutanols 2 and 3 (by abstraction of HA and HB, respectively), irradiation in the crystalline state is much more regioselective, favoring either 2 or 3 depending on the nature of the substituent X. X-ray crystallography and molecular mechanics calculations reveal the source of this remarkable solid-state regioselectivity.
Vishnumurthy
Kodumuru
K
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z1.
Cheung
Eugene
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Scheffer
John R
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Scott
Carl
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