Evidence for a zwitterionic 2,6-bonded intermediate in 4-pyrone photochemistry. Following the time evolution of an excited state
Abstract
By selective trapping experiments involving furan, trifluoroethanol, and methanol, it is shown that the photochemically reactive state of 3,5-dimethyl-4-pyrone evolves sequentially into a zwitterionic intermediate and 3,6-dimethyl-2-pyrone.