Photochemical formation and dimerization of a 2,3-cycloheptadien-1-one
Abstract
Irradiation of 2-(1 -propynyl)-2,5,5-trimethylcyclopentanone 1leads to the isomeric allenic cycloheptadienone4, which dimerizes spontaneously at the βγ double bond to yield the transhead-to-head dimer2.