Joseph C. Floyd

2,4,6-Tri-t-butylresorcinol and its diketo-tautomer from thermolysis of a 3-hydroxy-4-vinylcyclobut-2-enone

The products of the thermal rearrangement of 3-hydroxy-4-(3,3-dimethyl-trans-but-1-enyl)-2,4-di-t-butylcyclobut-2-enone are 2,4,6-tri-t-butylresorcinol and its diketo-tautomer.

A cyclobutenone from photolysis of a cyclohexa-2,5-dienone

A new type of photoproduct, a vinylcyclobutenone, has been isolated from the photolysis of a cyclohexa-2,5-dienone.