Clemmensen reduction. Part III. αβ-Unsaturated ketones
- 1 January 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society C: Organic
- p. 2006-2010
- https://doi.org/10.1039/j39660002006
Abstract
Further studies on the Clemmensen reduction of αβ-unsaturated ketones support the suggestion that cyclopropanols are intermediates in this reaction. A variety of approaches to, and the successful synthesis of, a hitherto unknown bicyclo[3,1,0]hexan-1-ol are described. Clemmensen reduction of cholest-4-en-3-one gives 5β-cholest-3-ene which has been synthesised by an alternative route. The behaviour of some cyclohex-2-enols under Clemmensen conditions has been investigated.Keywords
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