“…Energytransfer processes from excited carbonyl compounds to isolated double bonds have been reported in the literature,8 however, they do not seem to be very efficient, most probably because of the "high" triplet energy of the olefinic compound.9 In the case of ,ßunsaturated esters the energy-transfer process from the excited carbonyl compound to the substrate has been reported to be efficient and led to chemical reactions, e.g., cis-trans isomerization or cycloaddition. 6 The interaction of the photoactivated carbonyl compound with the olefinic system through energy trans- (7) H. Grossmann, Z. Naturforech., 20b, 209 (1965).…”