The cleavage of two carbon-carbon bonds
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Robert P. Lemieux; Peter Beak
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Article
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1989
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Elsevier Science
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French
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The reaction of dispiro[cyclopropane-l,l'-indan-3',1"-cyclopropane]-2'-one (1) under Wolff-Kishner conditions gives spiro[cyclopropane-l,l'-indan] (2) in which the ketone has been reduced and two bonds of one cyclopropane ring have been cleaved. The Wolff-Kishner reaction is a classic method for