title: Diastereoselective dl-hydrocoupling of benzalacetones by electroreduction.
abstract: Electroreduction of benzalacetones with an undivided cell in Et(4)NOTs/acetonitrile gave cyclized dl-hydrodimers as mixtures of two diastereomers. The hydrodimerization proceeded stereoselectively to afford linear dl-hydrodimers, and the following cyclization led to two thermodynamically stable diasteromers of cyclopentanols.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University, Koyama, Tottori 680-8552, Japan. kise@bio.tottori-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kise
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitagishi
authors.forename: Nasuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ueda