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Carbonylation of Cyclopentane in the Presence of Aprotic Organic Superacids

I. S. Akhrem, S. Z. Bernadyuk, M. E. Vol'pin

A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract: The systems MeCOBr·nAlBr₃ as well as CHBr₃·nAlBr₃ and CCl₄·nAlBr₃ (n =1-4.5) have been shown to initiate carbonylation of cyclopentane under mild conditions to give, after alcoholic work-up, the corresponding ester of cyclopentylcarboxylic acid with good yields and high selectivity.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1070/MC1993v003n05ABEH000280

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