The Efficiency of Benzil-Sensitized Photoepoxidation: A Correction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00375a031

Photosensitized epoxidation of norbornene by benzil leads to about two epoxide molecules or less per diketone molecule consumed, not the larger numbers previously reported.It is not necessary to postulate a chain mechanism for this epoxidation, although side reactions still complicate the process in many cases.