Elektrocyclischer Ringschluss als Nebenreaktion bei einer Wolff‐Kishner‐Reduktion. Über Steroide, 227. Mitteilung

1972/01/31 by H. Kaufmann, P. Wieland, J. Kalvoda
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Chemical Synthesis and Analysis #Chemical Synthesis and Reactions #Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis

paper · doi:10.1002/hlca.19720550208

Abstract

Abstract A side reaction occurring in the Wolff ‐ Kishner reduction of certain acetylenic aldehydes (as e.g. 2 or 10 ) is shown to be a synchronous thermal process. The mechanism of this reaction is discussed in terms of the rules of the conservation of orbital symmetry.

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