Abstract
Treatment of CCl4 with 4 equiv of CrCl2 in THF generates a geminal dicarbenoid of chromium by reduction of two of the chlorine atoms of CCl4, and the dicarbenoid species selectively reacts with terminal olefins to give cyclopropylidene carbenoids, which readily decompose to allenes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1164-1166 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Synlett |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Keywords
- Allenes
- Carbenoids
- Chromium(II)
- Cyclopropanes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Organic Chemistry