Abstract
Whereas PhSeBr under irradiation with O2 in CH2Cl2 at -78° acts as a photoxygenation catalyst to convert 3 β-acetoxycholesta-5,7-diene and tetraphenylcyclopentadiene into the corresponding endoperoxides, and 3β-acetoxycholest-5-ene into 3β-acetoxycholest-5-en-7-one and the corresponding alcohols, it reacts with 1,1-diphenylethylene to give mainly a bromohydrin; bromine radicals arising by photodissociation of the PhSeBr are implicated as the active intermediates.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 509-512 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1986 |
| Externally published | Yes |