Abstract
The high diastereoselectivites observed in the photocyclization of α-(o-ethylphenyl)acetophenones appear to reflect conformational equilibria in the triplet 1,5-biradical intermediates rather than steric barriers created during cyclization. The necessary biradical triplet→singlet intersystem crossing is proposed to occur along the cyclization reaction coordinate since the orthogonality of the two singly-occupied p orbitals does not depress biradical lifetimes.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 165-168 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 7 Jan 1991 |
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