Influences of alpha-substituent in 4,5-dimethoxy-2-nitrobenzyl-protected esters on both photocleavage rate and subsequent photoreaction of the generated 2-nitrosophenyl ketones: A novel photorearrangement of 2-nitrosophenyl ketones
afford a bicyclic oxazole via a shift of the isopropyl group to the bridgehead position, resulting in loss of aromaticity of the six-membered ring. 2-Nitrosopheyl ketone bearing a tertiary-butyl substituent gives mainly azoxy and azo compounds via intermolecular reaction of nitrosoketones with loss of isobutene. The photorearrangement does not proceed in the case of the phenyl-substituted compound. These