Preferred Label : alkene photocycloaddition;
IUPAC definition : i Photochemical process /i leading to formation of a cyclobutane upon addition of
an electronically excited alkene to another ground-state alkene or of an electronically
excited α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound to a ground-state alkene. The latter is
called a i de Mayo reaction /i .;
Scope note : a special case of photocycloaddition is a photodimerization.;
Origin ID : AT07318;
See also
i Photochemical process /i leading to formation of a cyclobutane upon addition of
an electronically excited alkene to another ground-state alkene or of an electronically
excited α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound to a ground-state alkene. The latter is
called a i de Mayo reaction /i .
