The synthesis of some cyclopropane hydrocarbons from methyl cyclopropyl ketone

…, KW Greenlee, JM Derfer, CE Boord

Index: Derfer; Greenlee; Boord Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1949 , vol. 71, p. 180

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Abstract

Ethylcyclopropane was prepared by a Wolf'i-Kishner reduction of the ketone at atmospheric pressure, the method used being a modification of that of Herr, Whitmore and Schiessler3 who first described a practical prrocedure for carrying out this reaction without the use of pressure equipment. These workers decomposed the hydrazone of methyl cyclopropyl ketone with sodium methylate in triethylene glycol by heating the mixture to a maximum ...