K. Kubo et al., SELECTIVE FORMATION OF 1-AZETINE DERIVATIVES VIA 1,3-PHOTOACYL MIGRATION OF SUBSTITUTED ALPHA-DEHYDROPHENYLALANINES, Heterocycles, 48(1), 1998, pp. 25-29
Irradiation of (Z)-N-substituted benzoyl-alpha-dehydrophenylalanines i
n methanol with Pyrex-filtered light was found to selectively give 1-a
zetine derivatives, which may be derived from 1,3-acyl migration of th
e excited-state (E)-isomer, whereas no 1,5-acyl shift of the (Z)-isome
r occurred owing to the stereoelectronic effects of the bulky aromatic
acyl substituent.