ABSTRACT
CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology
and in several earlier reviews on carboxylic acid esters
and photodecarboxylation.
Reviews on phosphate
and sulfonate ester
photochemistry have also appeared. In addition, a recent review on the photochemistry of arylmethyl esters
and on benzylic cleavage reactions in general
provides useful background. Two excellent reviews
of photolabile protecting groups in general have appeared very recently, parts of which discuss the ester photochemistry covered below. Finally, the
Chemical Society Reports
continues to be a valuable resource. This chapter covers material more recent than 1995 and up to mid-2002 and, rather than being exhaustive, focuses on a few recent, well-referenced papers.
