Ethyl 5-oxo-2,3-diphenylcyclopentane-1-carboxylate

The title compound, C20H20O3, was prepared by an acyloin-type condensation reaction in the presence of sodium sand and dry ether using ethyl cinnamate as the starting material. The C—O bond lengths for the carbonyl groups are 1.191 (2) and 1.198 (2)&...

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Main Authors: Claude N. Lamb, Zerihun Assefa, Richard E. Sykora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2010-05-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536810014728