Synthesis of the butterfly compound (E,E)-10-hydroxy-3,7-dimethyldeca-2,6-dienoic acid
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 22,p. 985-986
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39780000985
Abstract
The title compound was synthesized by alkylation of the dianion of methyl acetoacetate, and lithium dimethylcuprate addition to the enol phosphate of the alkylated β-keto esters (2) and (6) to produce the tri-substituted αβ-unsaturated esters (4) and (7) in a stereoselective manner.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: