Photofragmentation mechanisms in protonated chiral cinchona alkaloids

• DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04041a
• Publication Date: 2016-07-21T09:49:07Z
• Authors: Sunil Kumar; Bruno Lucas; Jacqueline Fayeton; Debora Scuderi; Ivan Alata; Michel Broquier; Katia Le Barbu-Debus; Valeria Lepère; Anne Zehnacker
• Keywords: Fragmentation; Cinchona Alkaloids; Branching (polymer chemistry); Cleavage (geology)

Photo-fragmentation of protonated alkaloids results in C₈–C₉ cleavage accompanied or not by hydrogen migration, with a stereochemistry-dependent branching ratio.