Zirconium-catalyzed cycloalumination of alkenes in a one-pot synthesis of 3-alkyl-1-(3-hydroxypropyl)cyclopentanols

Zirconium-catalyzed cycloalumination of alkenes in a one-pot synthesis of 3-alkyl-1-(3-hydroxypropyl)cyclopentanols Full article

Journal

Mendeleev Communications
ISSN: 1364-551X , E-ISSN: 0959-9436

Output data

Year: 2026, Volume: 36, Number: 3, Pages: 285-287 Pages count : 3 DOI: 10.71267/mencom.7961

Tags

cyclopentanol, γ-butyrolactone, aluminacyclopentane, cycloalumination, triethylaluminum, zirconium dichloride.

Authors

Konkin P.A. ¹ , Chobanov N.M. ¹ , Dmitrenok A.S. ¹ , Ramazanov I.R. ² , Dzhemilev U.M. ¹ , Dýakonov V.A. ¹

Affiliations

1	N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
2	Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis, Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 450075 Ufa, Russian Federation

The reaction between γ-butyrolactone and 3-alkyl-1-ethylaluminacyclopentanes (formed in situ through the Zr-catalyzed cycloalumination of α-olefins with Et3Al) affords 3-alkyl-1-(3-hydroxypropyl)cyclopentanols in yields of 65–70%.

Konkin P.A. , Chobanov N.M. , Dmitrenok A.S. , Ramazanov I.R. , Dzhemilev U.M. , Dýakonov V.A.
Zirconium-catalyzed cycloalumination of alkenes in a one-pot synthesis of 3-alkyl-1-(3-hydroxypropyl)cyclopentanols
Mendeleev Communications. 2026. V.36. N3. P.285-287. DOI: 10.71267/mencom.7961 Scopus OpenAlex

Submitted:	Nov 5, 2025
Accepted:	Jan 14, 2026
Published online:	Mar 24, 2026

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