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A method for the rapid photochemical generation of allene oxides is described that allows absolute rate constants for the reactions of these interesting reactive intermediates to be measured. The fluorenylideneallene oxide generated using this method was found to rearrange to the corresponding cyclopropanone with a rate constant of 0.0012 s(-1) in TFE. The lifetime of the allene oxide was significantly reduced in the presence of nucleophiles such as halides, methanol, and water. [reaction: see text]
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