Irradiation of lycopene in an atmosphere of oxygen and in the presence of a sensitizer (methylene blue) led to the formation of 2-methyl-2-hepten-6-one and apo-6’-lycopenal. A reaction pathway via a dioxetane intermediate is proposed.
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Ukai et al. (1994) studied this question.