Dibromocyclopropanes, prepared by addition of dibromocarbene to cyclic olefins, give unsaturated ketones, with ring expansion, when treated with silver sulphate in concentrated sulphuric acid at room temperature. Mild hydrogenation of a dibromocyclopropane gave equivalent amounts of the monobromocyclopropane and of a ringopened bromine-free compound.
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