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8437881 
Journal Article 
The photoinduced reactions of benzyl methyl ketone 
Ogata, U; Takagi, K; Izawa, Y 
1968 
1 
Tetrahedron
ISSN: 0040-4020 
24 
4 
1617-1621 
English 
The photochemical reaction of benzyl methyl ketone (I) has been studied in n-hexane and t-butanol. The rearrangement products, o-methylacetophenone (II) and/or p-methylacetophenone (III), are obtained in poor yield, together with a reductive dimerization product, substituted pinacol (IV), and derivatives of benzyl radical, bibenzyl (V) and tolune (VI). The ratio of III to V tends to increase with lowering concentrations of reactants, but it is little affected by the irradiation time and reaction temperature. © 1968.