Direct and indirect single electron transfer (SET)-photochemical approaches for the preparation of novel phthalimide and naphthalimide-based lariat-type crown ethers

• Dae Won Cho,
• Patrick S. Mariano and
• Ung Chan Yoon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 514–527, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.47

• in large-scale organic synthesis, important characteristics of the photoinduced macrocyclization reactions make them applicable to unique situations in which high temporal and spatial control is required. Keywords: lariat-type crown ethers; SET-promoted photocyclization; α-silylether-terminated

• imides; Review Since the 1970s, studies by a number of organic photochemists have demonstrated that a large number of unique single electron transfer (SET) mechanistic pathways are followed in photochemical reactions [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Owing to its potentially large energetic driving force