Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.12, 1220-1221, 2001
Novel photocycloaddition of aromatic ketones to cyclic oligosilanes
Photolysis of aromatic ketones (2,2,2-trifluoroacetophenone, acetophenone, and benzophenone) in the presence of cyclic oligosilanes afforded two types of cycloadducts depending on the nature of the ketone employed. The quenching of the excited triplet state of benzophenone by oligosilanes was investigated by laser flash photolysis.