One-step synthesis of cyclic compounds by electrochemical reduction of unsaturated compounds in the presence of dielectrophiles

C Degrand, PL Compagnon, G Belot…

Index: Degrand, Chantal; Compagnon, Paul-Louis; Belot, Gerard; Jacquin, Dominique Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1980 , vol. 45, # 7 p. 1189 - 1196

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Abstract

The one-step synthesis of cyclic compounds is achieved in a few cases by electroreduction of unsaturated compounds in DMF, at a mercury pool cathode, in the presence of a more difficultly reducible dielectrophile. Unsaturated compounds include activated olefins, aromatic Schiff bases, ketones, and azo, nitroso, and nitro compounds. Four dielectrophiles are used; they are tri-or tetramethylene bromide, succinyl chloride, and 4-bromobutyryl ...