Photoreation of p-benzoquinone with unsymmetrical keten dimers
Abstract
Photocycloaddition of p-benzoquinone to 4-methyleneoxetan-2-one derivatives affords non-regio-specific adducts: the 1,11-dioxadispiro[3.0.5.2]dodeca-6,9-diene-2,8-diones (3) and the (undetected) 1,5-dioxa-dispiro[3.1.5.1]dodeca-7,10-diene-2,9-diones (4) which decompose to give spiro[3.5]nona-5,8-diene-2,7-dione or 5-hydroxyindan-2-one.