Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, M.L. King Platz 6 D-2000 Hamburg 13 F.R.G.
Laboratories of the Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021 U.S.A.
Abstract:
Irradiation ( λ = 300 nm) of 1,1,1-trifluoro-3-decyn-2-one in the presence of olefins affords RH-reduction products (tertiary alcohols) in addition to [2+2] -(oxetans) and [3+2] -(dihydrofurans) cycloadducts.