Water → cis-3-(2,2-Dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid

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To a chilled suspension of zinc powder (0.494 g, 0.0076 mole) in 0.57 ml of acetic acid and 3 ml of ether was added dropwise over a period of 20 minutes a solution of 4-tribromomethyl-6,6-dimethyl-2-oxo-3-oxabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane (0.72 g, 0.0019 mole) in 5 ml of ether. The mixture was stirred at 0° for one hour. After adding 30 ml of ether and 5 ml of water, the mixture was filtered through Celite filter aid. The organic layer was separated, washed three times with saturated aqueous sodium chloride, dried magnesium sulfate, and the ether was removed by evaporation to give crystalline cis-3-(2,2-dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid (0.489 g, 86% yield); mp, 112°-114° after recrystallization from n-hexane.

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