EFFICIENT PHOTOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION OF SPIRO[4.N]-2,5-DIONES TO GAMMA-ALKYLIDENE GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONES - ITS RELEVANCE TO PHOTOSTABILITY OF FREDERICAMYCIN-A
B. Pandey et al., EFFICIENT PHOTOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION OF SPIRO[4.N]-2,5-DIONES TO GAMMA-ALKYLIDENE GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONES - ITS RELEVANCE TO PHOTOSTABILITY OF FREDERICAMYCIN-A, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (10), 1993, pp. 870-871
Irradiation of a variety of model spirodiones related to the antitumou
r antibiotic Fredericamycin A in various solvents at 300 nm furnishes
quantitative yields of gamma-alkylidene gamma-butyrolactones; its rele
vance to the typical shape alteration, photostability and consequent b
iological response of Fredericamycin is discussed.