Triggering of the Bergman Cyclization by Photochemical Ring Contraction. Facile Cycloaromatization of Benzannulated Cyclodeca-3,7-diene-1,5-diynes

Abstract
Eleven-membered ring enediyne 1, which incorporates an α-diazo-β-diketone moiety, undergoes efficient light-induced ring contraction to produce two isomeric ten-membered ring enediyne compounds. The latter undergo spontaneous facile Bergman cyclization at or below room temperature. In the photochemical or thermal Wolff rearrangement of 1, the alkyl substituent migrates ca. 2 times faster than the alkynyl group.

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