Download or read book The Paternò-Büchi Reaction written by Maurizio D’Auria and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book represents the most complete description of the scientific results obtained on a photochemical experiment described 110 years ago by the Italian scientist Emanuele Paternò. This detailed that the photochemical reaction between a carbonyl compound and an alkene gives a corresponding oxetane. This oxetane ring is present in several naturally occurring compounds and bioactive compounds, and can be obtained with high regio- and stereoselectivity.