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Published February 1, 1956 | public
Journal Article

Small-Ring Compounds. XII. The Bromine Addition Products of Methylenecyclobutane

Abstract

The dibromide(s) (I) from addition of bromine to methylenecyclobutane has been studied by several worker but the structural evidence is confusing and inconclusive. Compound I has been reported to be reconverted to methylenecyclobutane by treatment with zinc and hydrolyzed to cyclopentanone in the presence of lead dioxide. It reacts with potassium cyanide in aqueous ethanol to give an unidentified dinitrile and with dimethylamine or trimethylamine to give both saturated (permanganate) and unsaturated products in which both bromines are displaced.

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© 1956 American Chemical Society. Received August 22, 1955. Supported in part by the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society. National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow, 1953-1955.

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