Tetrahedron Letters

Reaction of α, ω-diiodides with t-butyllithium: facile route to three-, four-and five-membered cycloalkanes

WF Bailey, RP Gagnier

Index: Bailey, William F.; Gagnier, R. Paul Tetrahedron Letters, 1982 , vol. 23, # 49 p. 5123 - 5126

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Abstract

Abstract Carbocyclic three-, four-and five-membered rings are formed in good to excellent yield (87–100%) upon treatment of the appropriate α, ω-diiodide with t-butyllithium in pentane-ether solution at− 23 C. The corresponding dibromides do not undergo clean cyclization.

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