Electroorganic reactions. Part 45. The highly stereoselective electrochemical hydrodimerisation of methyl 4-tert-butylcyclohex-1-enecarboxylate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(95)00748-W

Methyl 4-tert-butylcyclohex-1-enecarboxylate undergoes 1 F reduction at a mercury cathode in DMF solution to give as the major single product a hydrodimer in which the cyclohexyl rings are joined axially and the methoxycarbonyl groups are also axial. The