Photoinduced Alcoholysis of Trihaloacetyl Group

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.56.951

Photolysis of trichloroacetamide in nondegassed methanol gave methyl oxanilate (13-44percent), along with carbamate (3-20percent) and amine (4-12percent).Similar irradiation of other trichloroacetylderivatives of aliphatic ketone, aldehyde, and acetate afforded only radical product.The results are interpreted in terms of the mechanism involving electron transfer of the radical pair.