Whereas irradiation of a mixture of a naphthol (or its methyl ether) and acetylacetone with excitation of the naphthol component leads to no reaction, irradiation of a similar mixture with excitation of the acetylacetone component leads to its cycloaddition to the naphthalene derivative to give a cyclobutane as the primary photoproduct.
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Chow et al. (1987) studied this question.
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