ELECTROCHEMISTRY STUDIES OF A METALLACYCLOBUTENE COMPLEX : SYNTHESIS OF A FURAN PRODUCT BY OXIDATION OF A COBALTACYCLOBUTENE

Bernadette T. Donovan-Merkert,Jitendra Malik,Lee V. Gray,Joseph M. OConnor,Bella S. Fong,Ming-Chou Chen

ELECTROCHEMISTRY STUDIES OF A METALLACYCLOBUTENE COMPLEX : SYNTHESIS OF A FURAN PRODUCT BY OXIDATION OF A COBALTACYCLOBUTENE

1998

Bernadette T. Donovan-Merkert
Jitendra Malik
Lee V. Gray
Joseph M. OConnor
Bella S. Fong
Ming-Chou Chen

Two-electron oxidation of a cobaltacyclobutene, under electrochemical or chemical oxidizing conditions, produces a furan in high yield. Reaction of the cobaltacyclobutene or the furan with iron(III) chloride produces a butenolide.

Keywords:

Electrochemistry
Inorganic chemistry
Photochemistry
Furan
Organic chemistry
Chemistry
Oxidizing agent
Chloride
Butenolide

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