Mustafa Ceylan, Hasan Seçen and Yaşar Sütbeyaz
Fluoride ion-promoted elimination of 2-bromo-3-trimethylsilylcyclopentene 5 and the reaction of five, six and seven-membered 2,3-dibromocycloalkenes with zinc gave Wurtz-like dimeric products instead of the expected cyclic allenes.