Spin-imposed stereoselection in the photocycloaddition of (Z)- and (E)-cyclooctene to aliphatic aldehydes

Axel G Griesbeck; Samir Bondock

doi:10.1039/b107226a

Spin-imposed stereoselection in the photocycloaddition of (Z)- and (E)-cyclooctene to aliphatic aldehydes

Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2002 Feb;1(2):81-3. doi: 10.1039/b107226a.

Authors

Axel G Griesbeck¹, Samir Bondock

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 4, D-50939 Köln, Germany. griesbeck@uni-koeln.de

PMID: 12659120
DOI: 10.1039/b107226a

Abstract

The simple diastereoselectivity of the photocycloaddition of aliphatic aldehydes to (Z)- and (E)-cyclooctene was analyzed as a function of the substrate concentrations and applied to spin mapping.