Paternò-Büchi Reaction 1
Paternò-Büchi Reaction 1
The Paternò–Büchi reaction, named after Emanuele Paternò and Paternò–Büchi reaction
George Büchi who established its basic utility and form, is a
Named after Emanuele Paternò
photochemical reaction that forms four-membered oxetane rings from
George Büchi
an excited carbonyl and reacting with an alkene.[1] [2] [3]
Reaction type Ring forming
With substrates benzaldehyde and 2-methyl-2-butene the reaction reaction
product is a mixture of structural isomers:
Identifiers
Organic paterno-buechi-
Chemistry reaction
Portal
RSC ontology RXNO:0000083
ID
The alternative strategy for the above reaction is called the Transposed Paternò−Büchi reaction.
References
1. E. Paterno, G. Chieffi (1909). Gazz. Chim. Ital. 39: 341. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. G. Büchi; Charles G. Inman; E. S. Lipinsky (1954). "Light-catalyzed Organic Reactions. I. The
Reaction of Carbonyl Compounds with 2-Methyl-2-butene in the Presence of Ultraviolet Light".
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 76 (17): 4327–4331. doi:10.1021/ja01646a024 (http
s://doi.org/10.1021%2Fja01646a024).
3. Thorsten Bach (1998). "Stereoselective Intermolecular [2 + 2]-Photocycloaddition Reactions
and Their Application in Synthesis". Synthesis. 1998 (5): 683–703. doi:10.1055/s-1998-2054 (h
ttps://doi.org/10.1055%2Fs-1998-2054).
4. Paternò–Büchi Reaction as a Demonstration of Chemical Kinetics and Synthetic
Photochemistry Using a Light Emitting Diode Apparatus Matthew P. Thompson, Jonathan
Agger, and Lu Shin Wong Journal of Chemical Education 2015 92 (10), 1716-1720
doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00129 (https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.jchemed.5b00129)
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