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Ciamician and Silber1 showed that when an ethyl alcohol solution of benzophenone is exposed to sunlight, the alcohol is oxidized to aldehyde and the ketone reduced to benzpinacol ; in the place of ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol has frequently been used2. A large number of benzophenone derivatives react in the presence of alcohols as above3.
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MUSTAFA, A. Photochemical Action of Ethylorthoformate. Nature 162, 856–857 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162856a0
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