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[2 + 2]-Photochemical cyclization of enones with olefins is followed by a retroaldol reaction to give 1,5-diketones.
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Li, J.J. (2014). de Mayo reaction. In: Name Reactions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03979-4_84
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