Abstract
(o-Alkylbenzoyl)phosphonates readily cyclize to highly strained benzocyclobutenols simply upon irradiation with UV light. The remarkable efficiency is ascribed to the electron-accepting character of the phosphonate substituent, which facilitates thermal ring closing of the o-quinodimethane intermediate and suppresses reversion to the starting carbonyl compound.
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