L. Kelebekli et al., DIRECT SYNTHESIS OF TRANS-1,4-DIACETOXYCYCLOHEXA-2,5-DIENE BY ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF R-1,T-4-DIACETOXY-T-2,C-3-DIBROMOCYCLOHEX-5-ENE, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (11), 1997, pp. 402-403
Electrochemical reduction of r-1,t-4-diacetoxy-t-2,c-3-dibromocyclohex
-5-ene 1 gives only trans-1,4-diacetoxycyclohexa-2,5-diene 2 in good y
ield while the commonly used Zn reduction gives a product mixture cont
aining 2 and acetoxybenzene 3 derived from acetoxy elimination.