K. Tsujimoto, Yojiro Kamiyama, Y. Furukawa
1983
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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract
Photoinduced electron-transfer reactions of 3-(2-naphthyl)-2-butenyl acetate gave the reduced products, while the electrochemical and Birch reduction of the acetate furnished (E)-2-(2-naphthyl)-2-butene as the sole product. One-electron reduction was suggested by mechanistic studies of the photoreaction on the basis of deuterium incorporation into the products. A similar mechanism can operate in the photoreduction of cinnamyl acetate.