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Photochemically induced electron transfer (PET) catalyzed radical cyclization: a practical method for inducing
M Jonas1, S Blechert, E Steckhan
1Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
|October 13, 2001
Abstract:
A new radical cyclization reaction of unsaturated amino acid derivatives is presented. The reaction is induced by photoelectron transfer (PET) catalysis and proceeds, in comparison to commonly applied methods, under mild, nonoxidizing, and nontoxic conditions in neutral medium. This type of radical cyclization reaction can be used in peptide chemistry for inducing structural changes in peptides.