A NEW SYNTHETIC METHOD FOR β-SUBSTITUTED Δα,β-BUTENOLIDES

Abstract
α-Phenylsulfinyllactones 2 underwent the Pummerer rearrangement and subsequent elimination of acetic acid by treating with hot acetic anhydride to give α-phenylthiobutenolides 4. Conjugate addition reaction of 4 with organocopper reagents or malonic ester followed by oxidation to sulfoxides and pyrolysis afforded β-monosubstituted or β,γ-disubstituted butenolides 6 in moderate overall yields.

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