Oxygen as a catalyst! While oxygen is usually excluded in nonoxidative photochemical reactions, the photocycloaddition of 3‐(alk‐4‐en‐1‐yl)‐substituted coumarins greatly benefits from the presence of O2, which was shown to act as a redox catalyst, preferentially in combination with the common antioxidant 3,5‐di‐tert‐butyl‐4‐hydroxytoluene (BHT).
Diese Arbeit wurde von der Universität zu Kçln und dem Fonds der Chemischen Industrie unterstützt. Wir danken Dr. S. Neufeind und Dipl.-Chem. A. M. Heinsch für anregende Diskussionen. Hintergrundinformationen zu diesem Beitrag sind im WWW unter http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.201201222 zu finden.
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