Diastereomer-differentiating photoisomerization of 5-(cyclopent-2-en-1-yl)-2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrol-2-ones

Abstract

The diastereomeric l- and u-dihydropyrroles 1 and 2 photoisomerize to azatetracyclodecanones 3 and 4, respectively.

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