ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATIVE RING-OPENING OF 1-METHYLCYCLOBUTANOL

Citation
Ni. Kapustina et al., ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATIVE RING-OPENING OF 1-METHYLCYCLOBUTANOL, Russian chemical bulletin, 45(5), 1996, pp. 1246-1248
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
ISSN journal
10665285
Volume
45
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1246 - 1248
Database
ISI
SICI code
1066-5285(1996)45:5<1246:EORO1>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The manganese(III) acetate-mediated electrooxidative ring opening of 1 -methylcyctobutanol (1) in acetic acid affords pentane-2-one (2) as th e major product. The reaction of 1-methylcyclobutanol with Mn(OAc)(3)- LiCl gives 5-chloropentane-2-one (4).