Influence of enol acetylation on the photo-fries rearrangement of anortho-acylaryl benzoate

The enol acetate 1b undergoes benzoyl-oxygen bond rupture upon irradiation, giving a mixture of benzophenones 4 and 5. The primary photo-Fries products 2 and 3 could not be isolated, due to a rapid intramolecular transacetylation. The acetophenone 6 rearranges to give the benzophenones 7 and 8 under the same conditions, but the yields are significantly lower than in the former case. Compounds 7 and 8 are separately correlated with 4 and 5 by treatment with acetic anhydride in the presence of pyridine. Einflus der Enol-Acetylierung auf die Photo-Fries-Umlagerung eines Benzoesaure-ortho-acylarylesters Das Enolacetat 1b erleidet bei Bestrahlung Spaltung der Benzoyl-Sauerstoff-Bindung, wobei ei…