Abstract
AbstractEnantiomerically enriched samples of 1,2‐dimethyl‐3‐(2H3)methyl‐2‐cyclopentenyl (1) and 1‐(2H3)methyl‐2,3‐dimethyl‐2‐cyclopentenyl methyl ketones (2) have been irradiated at 313 nm in methanol in the temperature range +50 to −45°. The 1,3‐acetyl shift, which interconverts the two isomeric ketones, occurs with a small change in the enantiomeric composition and independently of temperature in the range studied. This change corresponds to an upper limit of approximately 20% reaction with racemization. It is proposed that reaction occurs from both the S1(n, π*) and T2(n, π*) excited states with stereospecific reaction from S1 (rapid primary geminate recombination of a singlet radical pair, with a possible contribution by a concerted 1,3 shift) dominating throughout the temperature range, but with the proportion of reaction from T2 increasing as the temperature is lowered. The racemization results from secondary geminate recombination of the singlet and triplet radical pairs and the random recombination of free radicals. Viscosity effects are proposed to explain the independence of the racemization on temperature.
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