Conformational effects in photocyclization of six and seven-membered ring alkoxyketones
Abstract
Irradiation of 8-alkoxytetrahydro-1-naphthalenones 5 gave rearranged naphthyl alcohols 11 as major products and in contrast, 4-alkoxytetrahydrobenzocyclohepten-5-ones 6 afforded tetrahydrocyclohepta[cd]benzofurans 14 in good yields; the difference in reactivities is attributed to the conformation of six- and seven-membered rings.