Tetrahedron Letters

The novel dimerisation of radical anions generated electrochemically in aqueous solution from maleimide

RG Barradas, SL Gust, JD Porter

Index: Barradas, R. G.; Gust, S. L.; Porter, J. D. Tetrahedron Letters, 1981 , vol. 22, # 46 p. 4579 - 4582

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Abstract

Abstract The one-electron reduction of maleimide yields the novel compound 1, 2, 3, 4- butane-tetracarboxylic 1, 2: 3, 4 diimide exclusively. Substrate-substrate hydrogen bonding was found to have a profound influence upon the pathways and kinetics of this unusual reaction.