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The Norrish type I cleavage overwhelms the type II cleavage in the pho
tolysis of alpha-alkylcycloalkanones bearing an SiMe(3), SiMe(2)Ph, Si
MePh(2), or SiPh(3) group at the beta position, of which the quantum y
ields are often greater than those of the non-silylated cycloalkanones
.