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Study of the reaction products of 2,2,5,5-tetrakis(halomethyl)cyclopentanone with potassium cyanide

R. Čižmáriková and J. Heger

Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Komenský University, 880 34 Bratislava

Abstract: The reaction of 2,2,5,5-tetrakis(chloromethyl)- and -(bromomethyl)cyclopentanone with potassium cyanide in 98% ethanol resulted in the formation of 1,3-epoxides. Their structures were proved by i.r., u.V., ¹H-n.m.r., and mass spectra. With hydrohalic acids they afforded oxonium salts which were thermally split into tetrakis(halogenomethyl)cyclopentanones.

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Chemical Papers 32 (1) 92–99 (1978)