PHOTOOXYGENATION OF 1,2-BIS(SILYLOXY)CYCLOALKENES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)88776-6

The reaction of singlet oxygen with O-silylated cyclic enediols 1a, b afforded as ene products the hydroperoxy silyl enol ethers 3a,b and as cleavage products the silyl esters 4a,b; the latter presumably derived from rearrangement of the intermediary sily