Chemistry Letters · 1990 · 23 citations · 8 references
Natural SciencesChemistryCatalysisOrganic ChemistryCatalytic MechanismsOrganic SynthesisAnodic OxidationSelective Coupling
Abstract Novel carbon-carbon bond formation of non-activated olefins with ethyl cyanoacetate has been developed by anodic oxidation using only a small amount of Mn(OAc)2·4H2O to give selectively either saturated or unsaturated coupling products depending upon the presence of a catalytic amount of Cu(OAc)2·H2O.
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