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REDUCTION OF 6,6-DISUBSTITUTED FULVENES WITH ALKALI METALS
Koshchutin, V. I.,Levchenko, V. M.,Koshchutina, L. L.
, p. 47 - 53 (2007/10/02)
Irrespective of the nature of the alkali metals and the solvent, the reduction of 6,6-disubstituted fulvenes with alkali metals is fairly selective and occurs at the exocyclic double bond to form substituted cyclopentadienes.The mechanism of such reactions is discussed.