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Patent Abstracts

Compounds containing an olefinic bond react with N₂O at 200º-400º and >20, usually 100-500, atmosphere to form O-containing products. Reactant, product, and % yield in 1-4 hr.: Cyclohexene, cyclohexanone, 65; C₃H₆. EtCHO, substantial; iso-C₄H₈. 1.1-dimethylcyclopropane. S; Me₃CCH₂CME:CH₂. 1-methyl-1-neopentylcyclopropane, 50, and Me₃CCH₂COMe, 50: methylenecyclohexane, cyclohexanone, 17, and 2.5-spiroöctane, 17: MeCH: CHCl. MeCOCH₂Cl. 25; 2.3-dihydropyran, δ-valerolactone, 20: BuCH:CH₂, BuO₂CH, 50, BuOAc, 10, Bu cyclopropyl ether, 23; acenaphthylene, acenaphthenone, 60; (p-MeOC₆H₄)₂C: CH₂, 1.1-bis(p-MeOC₆H₄)₂CO, 50.

BUFFLEB, H. See abs. 710.