The synthesis of methylenecyclobutane, spiropentane, and 2-methyl-1-butene from pentaerythrityl tetrabromide
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From Summary: "Reduction of pentaerythrityl tetrabromide in ethanol with zinc in the presence of sodium carbonate and sodium iodide was found to yield methylenecyclobutane, spiropentane, and 2-methyl-l-butene. Yields were 46 percent methylenecyclobutane, 21 percent spiropentane, and 12 percent 2-methyl-l-butene. The reduction procedure described offers a method of preparing both methylenecyclobutane and spiropentane from the same reaction in yields comparable with individual methods of synthesi…
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Date:
February 1946
Creator:
Slabey, Vernon A.
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