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An Efficient Flow‐Photochemical Synthesis of 5H‐Furanones Leads to an Understanding of Torquoselectivity in Cyclobutenone Rearrangements

An Efficient Flow‐Photochemical Synthesis of 5H‐Furanones Leads to an Understanding of Torquoselectivity in Cyclobutenone Rearrangements
An Efficient Flow‐Photochemical Synthesis of 5H‐Furanones Leads to an Understanding of Torquoselectivity in Cyclobutenone Rearrangements
4-Hydroxycyclobutenones were efficiently transformed into 5H-furanones using an inexpensive flow-photochemical setup. The results challenge the notion that this and the related thermochemical rearrangement display torquoselectivity in their electrocyclic opening to a vinylketene intermediate. Selectivity in the photochemical rearrangement is due a dichotomous reactivity of the (E)- and (Z)-vinylketene intermediates.
cyclobutenones, density functional calculations, photochemistry, rearrangements, small ring systems
1433-7851
4405-4408
Harrowven, David C.
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Mohamed, Mubina
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Gonçalves, Théo P.
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Whitby, Richard J.
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Bolien, David
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Sneddon, Helen F.
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Harrowven, David C.
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Mohamed, Mubina
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Gonçalves, Théo P.
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Whitby, Richard J.
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Bolien, David
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Sneddon, Helen F.
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Harrowven, David C., Mohamed, Mubina, Gonçalves, Théo P., Whitby, Richard J., Bolien, David and Sneddon, Helen F. (2012) An Efficient Flow‐Photochemical Synthesis of 5H‐Furanones Leads to an Understanding of Torquoselectivity in Cyclobutenone Rearrangements. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51 (18), 4405-4408. (doi:10.1002/anie.201200281).

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Abstract

4-Hydroxycyclobutenones were efficiently transformed into 5H-furanones using an inexpensive flow-photochemical setup. The results challenge the notion that this and the related thermochemical rearrangement display torquoselectivity in their electrocyclic opening to a vinylketene intermediate. Selectivity in the photochemical rearrangement is due a dichotomous reactivity of the (E)- and (Z)-vinylketene intermediates.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 22 March 2012
Published date: 27 April 2012
Keywords: cyclobutenones, density functional calculations, photochemistry, rearrangements, small ring systems
Organisations: Chemistry

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Local EPrints ID: 337265
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/337265
ISSN: 1433-7851
PURE UUID: 96091401-0d92-41d0-a71d-f48ec58de339
ORCID for David C. Harrowven: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6730-3573
ORCID for Richard J. Whitby: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9891-5502

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Date deposited: 20 Apr 2012 12:11
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:47

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Author: Mubina Mohamed
Author: Théo P. Gonçalves
Author: David Bolien
Author: Helen F. Sneddon

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