The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Synthesis of methyl 3, 5, 9, 11, 13-pentaoxotetradecanoate, a" skipped" heptaketide, via ozonolysis of a hydroaromatic system

CL Kirkemo, JD White

Index: Kirkemo, Curtis L.; White, James D. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1985 , vol. 50, # 8 p. 1316 - 1319

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Citation Number: 17

Abstract

that this would serve as a dienophile in a Diels-Alder reaction with a suitably constituted diene. Although 4 had been obtained previously by oxidation of 2, 6-dimethoxytoluene with sodium dichromate! a more satisfactory protocol was found in the oxidation of 3-methoxy-2- methylphenol with potassium nitrosodisulfonate (Fremy's salt).'