Metal-Catalyzed Organic Photoreactions. Iron(III) Chloride Catalyzed Photooxidation of Cyclic Olefins and Its Application to the Synthesis of exo-Brevicomin

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00210a017

Photooxidation of 1,ω-disubstituted cyclic olefins gave α,ω-dichloro ketones or α-chloro 1,ω-diketones, depending upon the reaction conditions.The reaction was applied to the synthesis of the pheromone exo-brevicomin in three steps.Starting from 1-ethyl-6