
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Burchill, PJ 
A1  - Kelso, AG 
A1  - Power, AJ 
T1  - Photochemistry of cyclododecanone
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1976
VL  - 29
IS  - 11
SP  - 2477
EP  - 2484
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9762477 
N2  - Quantitative measurements of the photolytic reactions of cyclododecanone gave quantum yields of reaction and of intersystem crossing as 0.56 and 0.88 respectively, and a triplet lifetime of 1.7 x 10-7 s. Cyclobutanol formation accounts for most of the reaction with only a low yield of the Norrish II cleavage product; this contrasts markedly with the opposite behaviour of acyclic ketones of similar size. The results may be explained by the apparent restriction of rotation in cyclododecanone molecules. 
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