Concurrent reductive cleavage and recombination of γ,δ-alkylidenedioxy-α,β-unsaturated esters promoted by organocuprates
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 7,p. 449-450
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39880000449
Abstract
Treatment of γ,β-alkylidenedioxy-α,β-unsaturated esters (1) with lithium dimethylcuprate furnishes β′δ-dihydroxy-β,γ-unsaturated esters (2) in moderate to good yields by concurrent reductive cleavage to ketones (5) and enolates (6) and their aldolic recombination.Keywords
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