Chemistry Letters

Synthesis of cyclopentane derivatives by electrochemical reduction of 1, 5-dibromopentane derivatives.

M Mitani, H Takeuchi, K Koyama

Index: Mitani, Michiharu; Takeuchi, Hiroshi; Koyama, Kikuhiko Chemistry Letters, 1986 , p. 2125 - 2126

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Abstract

When 1, 5-dibromopentane derivatives, which were prepared by CuBr-catalyzed photochemical reaction of 1, 3-dibromopropane or its derivatives with electron-deficient olefins, were subjected to electrochemical reduction in THF or DMSO solution, cyclopentane derivatives were obtained.