Oxygen-containing heterocycles photochemistry

The photoelimination of nitrogen from azo compounds, diazo compounds, and azides is a topic that has been thoroughly reviewed elsewhere. These transformations are found in oxygen and sulfur heterocycles, but as they are not unique to these systems, they will not be discussed in this article. Examples can be found in a review on the photochemistry of nitrogen-containing heterocycles.1... 

Heterocycles, 11, 1 The Photochemistry of Oxygen- and Sulfur-Containing Heterocycles, 33, 1 Photochemistry of Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles,... 

Rees, C. W., Smithen, C. E., The Reactions of Heterocyclic Compounds with Carbenes, 3,57. Reid, S. T., The Photochemistry of Heterocycles, 11,1 The Photochemistry of Oxygen- and Sulfur-Containing Heterocycles, 33, 1 Photochemistry of Nitrogert-Containing Heterocycles, 30, 239. 

The Photochemistry of Oxygen- and Sulftir-containing Heterocycles. Reid, S. T. Adv. Heteroc. Chem. 1983, 33, 1. 

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