Y. Nishigaichi et al., Contrasting regiochemistry in thermal and photochemical allylstannations of 1,2-naphthoquinone, CHEM LETT, (8), 1999, pp. 803-804
1,2-Naphthoquinone with gamma-substituted allyltin reagents undergoes both
thermal and photochemical reactions, which show the opposite regioselectivi
ties to each other. The both reactions are supposed to proceed via the init
ial 1,2-addition, which occurs at the gamma-position of the allyltin in the
thermal reaction and at the less hindered alpha-position in the photoreact
ion, followed by the [3,3] allylic migration.