Photo-Fries reaction in water made selective with a capsule

Kaanumalle, L. S.; Gibb, C. L. D.; Gibb, B. C.; Ramamurthy, V. Photo-Fries reaction in water made selective with a capsule. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2007, 5, 236-238.

Abstract

The water soluble capsule formed by a deep cavity cavitand with eight carboxylic acid groups controls product distribution during photo-Fries rearrangement of naphthyl esters in water by restricting the mobility of primary singletradical pair.
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