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The di-pi-methane rearrangement is a photochemical reaction
Photochemical reaction

A photochemical reaction is a chemical reaction which is induce






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The di-pi-methane rearrangement is a photochemical reaction
Photochemical reaction

A photochemical reaction is a chemical reaction which is induced by electromagnetic wave . Examples of photochemical organic reactions are electrocyclic reactions, photoisomerization and Norrish reactions....
 of a molecular entity comprising two p-systems, separated by a saturated carbon atom (a 1,4-diene or an allyl-substituted aromatic analog), to form an ene- (or aryl-) substituted cyclopropane. The rearrangement formally amounts to a 1,2 shift of one ene group (in the diene
Diene

Dienes or diolefins are hydrocarbons which contain two covalent bond. Dienes are intermediate between alkenes and polyenes....
) or the aryl group (in the allyl-aromatic analog) and ‘bond formation’ between the lateral carbons of the non-migrating moiety.