Handbook of Synthetic Photochemistry

PHOTOCHEMICAL METHODS
Photochemistry and Organic Synthesis
Irradiation Apparatus
Further Experimental Parameters
Photochemical Steps in Synthesis
CARBON-CARBON BOND FORMATION BY PHOTOELIMINATION OF SMALL MOLECULES IN SOLUTION AND IN CRYSTALS
Introduction
Photochemical C-C Bond Formation in Solution
Reactions in the Solid State
Conclusions
INTERMOLECULAR ADDITION REACTIONS ONTO C-C MULTIPLE BONDS
Introduction
Addition to C-C Double Bonds
Addition to C-C Triple Bonds
Conclusions
FORMATION OF A 3-MEMBERED RING
Introduction
Di-Pi-Methane Rearrangement
Oxa-Di-Pi-Methane Rearrangement and Related Rearrangements
[2+1] Cycloaddition of Alkenes with Carbenes
Formation of a Cyclopropane Via Intramolecular Hydrogen Abstraction
[3+2] Cycloaddition of Arenes with Alkenes
Photochemical Synthesis of Three-Membered Heterocycles
FORMATION OF A 4-MEMBERED RING I
Introduction
[2+2]-Photocycloaddition of Non Conjugated Alkenes
[2+2]-Photocycloaddition of Aromatic Compounds
Photochemical Electrocyclic Reactions
Intramolecular Gamma-Hydrogen Abstraction (Yang Reaction)
Metal Catalyzed Reactions
Various Methods
Conclusions
FORMATION OF A 4-MEMBERED RING II
Introduction
[2+2]-Photocycloaddition of Enones (Substrate Type A1)
[2+2]-Photocycloaddition of Vinylogous Amides and Esters (Substrate Clases A2 and A3)
[2+2]-Photocycloaddition of Alpha, Beta-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acid Derivatives (Substrate Classes A4, A5 and A6)
Conclusions and Perspectives
FORMATION OF A 4-MEMBERED RING III (OXETANES)
Introduction
Generally Accepted Mechanisms of the Paternò-Büchi Reaction
Regio- and Siteselective Synthesis of Oxetanes
Stereoselective Syntheses of Oxetanes
Conclusive Remarks
FORMATION OF A 5-MEMBERED RING
Formation of Five-Membered Ring: Intramolecular Delta-H Abstraction
Formation of Five-Membered Rings Via [3+2]-Cycloadditions
Photochemical Electrocyclization Reactions: Synthesis of Fused Five-Membered Ring Compounds
Photoinduced Electron Transfer

Angelo Albini is full professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Pavia, Italy. He did postdoctoral work at the Max-Plack-Institut for Radiation Chemistry (Mülheim, Germany) and has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Western Ontario (Canada) and of Odense (Denmark) and a professor at the University of Torino. His scientific activity has always centered on organic photochemistry in different aspects, mechanistic studies, synthetic applications, mild generation of highly active intermediates, 'green chemistry', photoinduced degradation of pollutants,
phototoxicity of drugs). Besides research papers, he is coauthor of two books and since 2009 senior reporter of the RSC Specialistic Report on Photochemisty. He has been the recipient of the Federchimica prize for creativity in chemistry in 1990.
 
Maurizio Fagnoni graduated at the University of Pavia (Italy) with a thesis on the use of photoinduced electron transfer reactions in organic synthesis under the guidance of Prof. Angelo Albini. He spent part of his PhD period at the University of Muenster (Germany) working on the photochemistry of cyclopropylketones (Prof. J. Mattay as the supervisor). In 1996 he obtained a fellowship from the "Istituto Superiore della Sanità" for the study of the photostability of drugs. He then moved to the Istituto Ronzoni (Milan) where he worked on the synthesis of peptidomimetics and functionalized chitosans. In 1998 he returned to the University of Pavia where in 2008 was appointed associate professor. His interests lie in the application of photochemistry to organic (green) synthesis encompassing photocatalysis and phenyl cation chemistry.

"Given its organization and practical emphasis, I believe that this book would make an outstanding addition to the library of any synthetic organic chemist. It should certainly be on the acquisition lists of all institutional libraries." (Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2010)

"Given its organization and practical emphasis, I believe that this book would make an outstanding addition to the library of any synthetic organic chemist. It should certainly be on the acquisition lists of all institutional libraries." (Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2010)