Zinc-Mediated Reductive Cyclodimerization of α,β-Unsaturated Aryl Ketones Under Aqueous Conditions

Anil Kumar; Satish Kumar; Kamal K. Kapoor

doi:10.1071/CH07120

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Zinc-Mediated Reductive Cyclodimerization of α,β-Unsaturated Aryl Ketones Under Aqueous Conditions

Anil Kumar ^A , Satish Kumar ^A and Kamal K. Kapoor ^A ^B

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^A Department of Chemistry, University of Jammu, Jammu-180006, India.

^B Corresponding author. Email: k2kapoor@yahoo.com

Australian Journal of Chemistry 60(8) 621-623 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH07120
Submitted: 24 April 2007 Accepted: 15 June 2007 Published: 9 August 2007

Abstract

Zinc-mediated reductive cyclodimerization of α,β-unsaturated aryl ketones produces 3,4-trans-diarylcyclopentanols 2 regio- and stereoselectively in good yields in a 1:4 (v/v) mixture of saturated aqueous NH₄Cl and tetrahydrofuran at room temperature.

Acknowledgment

One of the authors (SK) thanks CSIR, New Delhi, for financial assistance in the form of an SRF.

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Zinc-Mediated Reductive Cyclodimerization of α,β-Unsaturated Aryl Ketones Under Aqueous Conditions

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