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Effect of the solvent on the stereochemistry of the mercuration of cyclopropene compounds and the product ratio (in Russian)

Journal Article · · J. Org. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6136965

The stereochemistry of the addition of mercury salts to cyclopropene compounds is a problem of the solvomercuration reaction which the authors have tried to resolve in earlier work. In that work they showed that the reaction of a cyclic olefin with mercuric trifluoroacetate in methanol gives two stereoisomers in a ratio of 85 to 15. In this paper they establish that the replacement of methanol by acetic acid leads to fundamental changes both in the stereochemistry of addition and in the composition of the reaction products. Acetic acid gives two products. Both compounds, methyl 2-chloromercurio-3-trifluoroacetoxy-2,3-diphenylcyclopropane-1-carboxylate and methyl 2-chloromercurio-3-acetoxy-2,3-diphenylcyclopropane-carboxylate, are formed as a result of cis-addition in a ratio of 87 to 13. The NMR spectra and spin-spin coupling constants are given for both products.

Research Organization:
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., USSR
OSTI ID:
6136965
Journal Information:
J. Org. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: J. Org. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 22:4; ISSN JOCYA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
Russian

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