The Synthesis and Properties of Methylenecyclopropane1

JT Gragson, KW Greenlee, JM Derfer…

Index: Gragson et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1953 , vol. 75, p. 3344,3347

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Abstract

The synthesis of methylenecyclopropane has been attempted with little success by several workers. Merezhkovskii2 reported that the treatment of 1, 2, 3-tribromo-(2-bromomethyl)- propane with zinc in 80% alcohol gave a gaseous mixture, which on oxidation with 1% potassium permanganate produced products to be expected from isobutene, as well as some oxalic acid. He postulated that the oxalic acid was derived from ...