THE MECHANISM OF THE NORRISH TYPE II REACTION OF α-KETO-ACIDS AND ESTERS
Methyl-α-keto-octanoate undergoes a Type II reaction to give pent-1-ene and photophysical measurements show that this and the Type II reactions of α-keto-acids occur, contrary to previous claims, from the excited singlet state.
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