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Keywords:

  • aldehydes;
  • alkenes;
  • ketones;
  • lithium;
  • synthetic methods
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The deoxygenation of the C=O group of aldehydes and ketones with dialkenyllithium compounds leads to the formation of highly substituted cyclopentadiene derivatives with a new C(sp3)−C(sp2) bond [Eq. (1)].