The Reactivity of Radical Anions Generated by Electron-transfer Reaction of Allyl Acetates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.56.351

Photoinduced electron-transfer reactions of 3-(2-naphthyl)-2-butenyl acetate gave the reduced products, while the electrochemical and Birch reduction of the acetate furnished (E)-2-(2-naphthyl)-2-butene as the sole product.One-electron reduction was suggested by mechanistic studies of the photoreaction on the basis of deuterium incorporation into the products.A similar mechanism can operate in the photoreduction of cinnamyl acetate.