Paterno-Buchi ·
Light Builds an Oxetane
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C=O state
ground
New bonds
0
Stage
reactants at rest
Carbonyl oxygen (O)
Carbon (C)
Alkene π bond
UV photon / excitation
Radical center · new bond
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