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SUBMITTER: Tyson EL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3288794 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tyson Elizabeth L EL Farney Elliot P EP Yoon Tehshik P TP
Organic letters 20120209 4
α,β-Unsaturated 2-imidazolyl ketones undergo [2 + 2] cycloaddition with a variety of Michael acceptors upon irradiation with visible light in the presence of Ru(bpy)(3)(2+). Cleavage of the imidazolyl auxiliary from the cycloadducts affords cyclobutane carboxamides, esters, thioesters, and acids that would not be accessible from direct cycloaddition of the corresponding unsaturated carbonyl compounds. ...[more]