Abstract: The electroreduction of a series of nonconjugated olefinic ketones in a mixed solvent of methanol and dioxane or in N, N-dimethylformamide gave intramolecular cycloaddition products, namely, cis-l, 2-dialkyl alicyclic tertiary alcohols, in excellent yields. This reductive cyclization showed remarkable regio-and stereoselectivities, in which the reaction always took place between the inner carbon atom of the double bond and the ...
