γ-versusδ-Hydrogen abstraction in the photochemistry of α-alkyl β-oxoamides
Abstract
The excited ketone carbonyl group in the α-alkyl β-oxoamide (1a–e) abstracts γ- and δ-hydrogen competitively from the n,π triplet state; the δ-hydrogen abstraction greatly predominates over the γ-hydrogen abstraction in the photolyses of (1c) and (1d).