Photocycloadditions and photorearrangements

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Editor: Prof. Axel G. Griesbeck
Universität zu Köln
 
Organic synthesis using light as reagent and producing complex molecules from simple starting materials is realized in exemplary fashion in natural photosynthesis. Mankind still struggles for an efficient molecular system that mimics this natural process. In order to harvest light energy and to transform it into chemical energy, photochemical reactions must be studied and optimized for synthetic applications. Two major reaction paths that use electronic excitation are photocycloadditions and photochemical rearrangements. These reactions have been intensively investigated in recent decades.

See also the Thematic Series:
Organic synthesis using photoredox catalysis

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Photocycloadditions and photorearrangements

  • Axel G. Griesbeck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 111–112, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.15

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Published 26 Jan 2011

Synthesis of 2a,8b-Dihydrocyclobuta[a]naphthalene-3,4-diones

  • Kerstin Schmidt and
  • Paul Margaretha

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 76, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.76

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Published 13 Jul 2010

Heavy atom effects in the Paternò–Büchi reaction of pyrimidine derivatives with 4,4’-disubstituted benzophenones

  • Feng-Feng Kong,
  • Jian-Bo Wang and
  • Qin-Hua Song

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 113–118, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.16

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Published 26 Jan 2011
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Published 26 Jan 2011

Photocycloaddition of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes to isoxazoles: Cycloaddition reactivity and stability studies

  • Axel G. Griesbeck,
  • Marco Franke,
  • Jörg Neudörfl and
  • Hidehiro Kotaka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 127–134, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.18

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Published 26 Jan 2011

Application of the diastereoselective photodeconjugation of α,β-unsaturated esters to the synthesis of gymnastatin H

  • Ludovic Raffier and
  • Olivier Piva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 151–155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.21

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Published 02 Feb 2011

Formation of macrocyclic lactones in the Paternò–Büchi dimerization reaction

  • Junya Arimura,
  • Tsutomu Mizuta,
  • Yoshikazu Hiraga and
  • Manabu Abe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 265–269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.35

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Published 28 Feb 2011

Photoinduced homolytic C–H activation in N-(4-homoadamantyl)phthalimide

  • Nikola Cindro,
  • Margareta Horvat,
  • Kata Mlinarić-Majerski,
  • Axel G. Griesbeck and
  • Nikola Basarić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 270–277, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.36

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Published 02 Mar 2011

Effects of anion complexation on the photoreactivity of bisureido- and bisthioureido-substituted dibenzobarrelene derivatives

  • Heiko Ihmels and
  • Jia Luo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 278–289, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.37

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Published 04 Mar 2011

Supramolecular FRET photocyclodimerization of anthracenecarboxylate with naphthalene-capped γ-cyclodextrin

  • Qian Wang,
  • Cheng Yang,
  • Gaku Fukuhara,
  • Tadashi Mori,
  • Yu Liu and
  • Yoshihisa Inoue

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 290–297, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.38

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Published 07 Mar 2011

Photoinduced electron-transfer chemistry of the bielectrophoric N-phthaloyl derivatives of the amino acids tyrosine, histidine and tryptophan

  • Axel G. Griesbeck,
  • Jörg Neudörfl and
  • Alan de Kiff

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 518–524, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.60

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Published 26 Apr 2011

The arene–alkene photocycloaddition

  • Ursula Streit and
  • Christian G. Bochet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 525–542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.61

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Published 28 Apr 2011

Intraannular photoreactions in pseudo-geminally substituted [2.2]paracyclophanes

  • Henning Hopf,
  • Vitaly Raev and
  • Peter G. Jones

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 658–667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.78

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Published 24 May 2011

Fine-tuning alkyne cycloadditions: Insights into photochemistry responsible for the double-strand DNA cleavage via structural perturbations in diaryl alkyne conjugates

  • Wang-Yong Yang,
  • Samantha A. Marrone,
  • Nalisha Minors,
  • Diego A. R. Zorio and
  • Igor V. Alabugin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 813–823, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.93

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Published 16 Jun 2011
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