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Electrocatalytic multicomponent cyclization of aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile, and malonates into 3-substituted 2,2-dicyanocyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylates

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Electrolysis of aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile and malonates in methanol in an undivided cell in the presence of double-mediator system NaBr-NaOAc afforded 3-substituted 2,2-dicyanocyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylates in 40–60% yields.

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    A. N. Vereshchagin, M. N. Elinson, A. S. Dorofeev & G. I. Nikishin

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Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 883–888, May, 2009.

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Vereshchagin, A.N., Elinson, M.N., Dorofeev, A.S. et al. Electrocatalytic multicomponent cyclization of aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile, and malonates into 3-substituted 2,2-dicyanocyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylates. Russ Chem Bull 58, 902–907 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11172-009-0113-4

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