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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Clemmensen Reduction. XI. Fragmentation Reactions of Some 3-Acetylcycloalkanones

KE Bailey and BR Davis

Australian Journal of Chemistry 48(11) 1827 - 1834
Published: 1995

Abstract

Clemmensen reduction of a series of 3-acetylcycloalkanones yields, as the major product, an acyclic unsaturated ketone, the product of fragmentation. Some normal carbonyl-methylene reduction also occurs. A mechanistic rationale for the fragmentation is advanced.

https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9951827

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