Cyclopropane formation by electroreductive coupling of activated olefins and gem-polyhalo compounds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00059-3

Cyclopropyl derivatives have been prepared with satisfactory yields by electroreductive coupling of activated olefins and gem-polyhalo compounds. The reaction is efficient when the olefin is more easily reduced than the organic halide. Two types of interm