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Photochemical Synthesis

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Photochemical reactions are generally easily carried out, at least in laboratory scale, and require no expensive apparatus. Some general reactions, e.g. the cycloaddition of enones to alkenes and various oxygenations have been extensively investigated and represent an excellent choice for preparative applications. Many other possibilities are known—and a few are presented below. This suggests that photochemical steps should be considered more often in synthetic planning.

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  1. CEA, iBiTec-S, Service de Bioénergétique Biologie Structurale et Mécanismes (SB2SM), 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Valentina Dichiarante

  2. Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Pavia, v. Taramelli 10, 27100, Pavia, Italy

    Angelo Albini

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  1. Trinity College, School of Chemistry, The University of Dublin, College Green, Dublin, Ireland

    Rachel C. Evans

  2. College of Engineering, Chemistry Group, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

    Peter Douglas

  3. Fac. Ciencias e Tecnologia, Depto. Quimica, Universidade Coimbra, Coimbra, 3004-535, Portugal

    Hugh D. Burrow

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Dichiarante, V., Albini, A. (2013). Photochemical Synthesis. In: Evans, R., Douglas, P., Burrow, H. (eds) Applied Photochemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3830-2_2

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