The reaction of the perbromate ion with a number of two-equivalent reductants have been studied in aqueous solution at an ionic strength of approximately one. Reaction rates increase in the order N3-< CIO2-~SeOs2-~NO2-< P(III) « S(IV) < As(III) < Sb(III). The perbromate-sulfur (IV) reaction obeys the rate law -d[Br04~]/dí = &s[BrC>4~] in solutions more basic than pH 4.5. At 25 °C, ks -5.8 X 10-3 L/mol-s. The perbromate-arsenic(III) reaction obeys the rate law -d[Br04-]/dí = [(/k,[H+] + k2Ki + ^3Aii/[H+])/(ArI + [H+])][Br04~][As(III)]. At 39.7 °C, k\ = 5.6 X 10'4 L/ mol-s, k2 = 1.96 X 10-2 L/mol-s: k2 = 1.16 X 10-13 s_1, and K\= 1.6 X 10-9 M. This rate law can be interpreted in terms of increasing reactivity of the species H3ASO3, H2ASO3-, and HASO32-toward perbromate. In strong base, the perbromate-antimony(III) reaction'obeys the.rate law -d[Br04"]/dí = £sb[BrC)4~][Sb(III)], where'ksb = 0.47 L/mol-s at 25 °C.'Activation parameters were determined for the sulfur(IV), arsenic(III), and antimony(III) reactions, and the dependences of the S(IV) and As(III) reactions on total salt concentration were elucidated. The results of isotopic tracer studies show that in its reactions with S(IV) and As(III) the perbromate ion transfers one of its oxygen atoms to the reductant. Oxygen exchange between 0.14 M KBr04 and water proceeded to less than 7% of completion in the course of 19 days at 94 °C, in solutions ranging from Q.06 M acid to 0.02 M base. The implications of all of these results are discussed.X coordination came from and l3C NMR data and from the effects of coordinating solvents. The enolate intermediates were isolated as their enol silyl ethers, or they were treated with methyl iodide, allyl bromide, methyl bromoacetate, or molecular bromine. The course of enolate reaction with these electrophiles was distinctly and reproducibly different in the absence or in the presence of copper(l). Even small amounts of copper(l) decreased the amount of polyalkylation and increased the amount of m-2-alkyl-3-phenylcyclopentanone produced, even though this epimer is less stable thermodynamically then the corresponding tra/«-2-alkyl-3-phenylcyclopentanone. An explanation for this dramatic and catalytic effect of copper(l) is offered. Reaction of the more substituted enolate of 2-methyl-3-phenylcyclopentanone with methyl bromoacetate gave 2,2,3-trisubstituted cyclopentanone 25 stereospecifically; cyclopentanones like 25 should be useful precursors to AB-aromatic 19-norsteroids.