Selective cleavage of polycyclic cyclopropanes by electrochemical oxidation

✍ Scribed by Yoshiharu Matsubara; Toshikazu Uchida; Takashi Ohnishi; Koichi Kanehira; Yoshiji Fujita; Tsuneaki Hirashima; Ikuzo Nishiguchi

• Book ID: 104222212
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 256 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)88944-3

✦ Synopsis

Anodic Oxidation in acetic acid of polycyclic cyclopropanes, namely tricyclene, cyclofenchene, and longicyclene, followed by hydrolysis brought about stereoand regioselective formation of the corresponding homoallylic alcohols as the main product in good yields.