cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one (6) spiro-conjoined with a dihydrobenzofuran framework, and the photochemical behavior of this compound in solution as well as in the solid state are described. The photoreaction of 6 in solution affords two rearranged products, one (7) accompanied by the enlargement of the oxygen heterocyclicring and the other (8) accompanied by cyclopentadienone fragmentation. In the solid state