On Mon, 2 Dec 1996 sheparcr@plu.edu wrote:
> Does anyone have any suggestions for synthesizing an cycloalkene
> from methylcyclopentane? The starting compound does not have any halogens
> or hydroxy groups attached to it so none of the methods listed in chapter
> seven would work. it seems that adding a halogen and then carrying out a
> dehydrohalogenation reaction might work but how does one get the halogen
> onto the compound in the first place?
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