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By the action of aromatic aldehydes on boron trialkyls (RR'CH-CH2)3B we obtained pure α-olefins RR'C=CH2.
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In the case of 1-methylcyclohexene and 1-methylcyclopentene we showed the possibility of converting the methylcyclene into the corresponding methylenecyclane.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 898–900, May, 1965 Original article submitted July 22, 1964
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Mikhailov, B.M., Kiselev, V.G. & Bubnov, Y.N. Preparation of α-olefins from boron trialkyls. Russ Chem Bull 14, 865–867 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00845705
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00845705