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The conductive sulfur/carbon mixture cathode. An efficient synthesis of thiophenes and related compounds from acetylenes

G Le Guillanton, QT Do, J Simonet

Index: Guillanton, Georges Le; Do, Quang Tho; Simonet, Jacques Tetrahedron Letters, 1986 , vol. 27, # 20 p. 2261 - 2262

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Abstract

Abstract The electroreduction of Michael acceptors such as acetylenic derivatives at a compact sulfur-carbon electrode in aprotic media affords thioorganic compounds, mainly thiophenes, in fairly high yields. Their formation is discussed as a function of the electronic effect of the substituents on the acetylenic triple bond.