Dye-sensitized intrazeolite photooxygenation of 4-substituted cyclohexenes. Remote substituent effects in regioselectivity and diastereoselectivity

The product distribution in the dye-sensitized photooxygenation of α-terpinyl acetate and terpinen-4-ol is quite similar in solution, however, by zeolite Y confinement, is substantially influenced by the position of the remote polar substituents relative to the reacting double bond. The intrazeolite results were rationalized in terms of Na+-substrate and Na+-singlet oxygen interactions.