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SUBMITTER: Du J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2761970 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20091001 41
Efficient [2+2] heterodimerizations of dissimilar acyclic enones can be accomplished upon visible light irradiation in the presence of a ruthenium(II) photocatalyst. Similar cycloadditions under standard UV photolysis conditions are inefficient and unselective. Nevertheless, a diverse range of unsymmetrical tri- and tetrasubstituted cyclobutane structures can be produced in good yields and excellent diastereoselectivities using this new method. The reaction is promoted by any visible light sourc ...[more]