Towards the catalytic formation of α, β-vinylesters and alkoxy substituted γ-lactones

P Mathur, RK Joshi, B Jha, AK Singh…

Index: Mathur, Pradeep; Joshi, Raj Kumar; Jha, Badrinath; Singh, Amrendra K.; Mobin, Shaikh M. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 695, # 24 p. 2687 - 2694

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Abstract

A facile, one pot, high yield synthesis of α, β-vinylester (1–14) and alkoxy substituted γ- lactones (15–28) has been achieved by the photochemical reaction of terminal acetylene (ferrocenyl phenyl trimethylsillyl, hexyl and cyclohexyl) with alcohol (methanol, ethanol and isopropanol) and carbon monoxide in presence of iron pentacarbonyl as a catalyst. The selectivity of the compounds depends on the time of photolysis of the reaction as well as ...