Diepoxy[15]annulenones undergo photochemical carbonyl-O/divinyl ether-O transportation rearrangements: mechanistic probing of the rearrangement sequences facilitated by 13C/17O NMR spectroscopy
Abstract
On irradiation, diepoxy[15]annulenone 1 and monobromo-diepoxy[15]annulenone 2 undergo an intriguing rearrangement, whereby all of the ether and carbonyl oxygens of 1 and 2 can travel freely and change their positions in the rings to give 15 position isomers in all.