de Mayo Reaction

P. de Mayo et al., Proc. Chem. Soc. London 1962, 119; P. de Mayo, H. Takeshita, Can. J. Chem. 41, 440 (1963).

Synthesis of 1,5-diketones by photoaddition of enol derivatives of 1,3-diketones to olefins, followed by a retro-aldol reaction, q.v.:



P. de Mayo, Accts. Chem. Res. 4, 49 (1971); H. Meier, Houben-Weyl 4/5b, 924 (1975); W. Oppolzer, Pure Appl. Chem. 53, 1189 (1981). Intramolecular reactions: A. J. Barker, G. Pattenden, Tetrahedron Letters 21, 3513 (1980); eidem, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. I 1983, 1901. Intermolecular reactions: M. Sato et al., Chem. Letters 1994, 2191; P. Galatsis, J. J. Manwell, Tetrahedron 51, 665 (1995); T. M. Quevillon, A. C. Weedon, Tetrahedron Letters 37, 3939 (1996).