Chemistry Letters

Cleavage of cyclopropane ring via photoinduced electron-transfer by the use of copper (II) ions.

K Mizuno, J Ogawa, H Kagano, Y Otsuji

Index: Mizuno, Kazuhiko; Ogawa, Jun; Kagano, Hirokazu; Otsuji, Yoshio Chemistry Letters, 1981 , p. 437 - 438

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Citation Number: 19

Abstract

Irradiation of a methanolic solution of phenylcyclopropane in the presence of copper (II) ions affords 1, 3-dimethoxy-1-phenylpropane and meso-and dl-1, 6-dimethoxy-3, 4- diphenylhexanes in good yields through the electron-transfer from the excited cyclopropane to Cu (II) ions.