Ring contraction of 2-alkylidenecyclobutanols to cyclopropyl carbonyl compounds
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 4,p. 103-104
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39730000103
Abstract
2-Alkylidenecyclobutanols when heated in a sealed tube or in 5% H2SO4 undergo ring contraction to 1-alkylcyclopropyl carbonyl compounds; subsequent rearrangement into homoallylic carbonyl derivatives occurs when 1,5 hydrogen transfer is possible.Keywords
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