Conjugated Unsaturated Ketones. IV. The Wohl-Ziegler Reaction

Abstract

The structures of the products resulting from the reactions of N-bromosuccinimide with dibenzalcyclohexanon and with dibenzalcyclo-Pentanons, as well as their tetrabromides, were established. The ethylenic linkage remaining in the tetrabromides did not add bromine, while they were catalytically hydrogenated to give the corresponding cycloalkanone derivatives.