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Photochemical Hydrolysis of o-Acetylphenylacetonitriles
Lu, Qingyi,Bovonsombat, Pakorn,Agosta, William C.
, p. 8941 - 8944 (1995)
Irradiation of 1 and its methyl derivative 10a (λ>280 nm) in methanol leads to photohydrolysis of the nitrile group and formation of the related ketal amides 3 and 11a, respectively.Similar treatment of the dimethyl derivative 10b and of the parent nitrile 13 fails to yield corresponding products of hydrolysis.A mechanism is proposed for these novel hydrolyses.