(2E)-4-hydroxyalk-2-enals and 2-substituted furans as products of reactions of (2E)-4, 4-dimethoxybut-2-enal with Grignard compounds

…, AL Ovanesyan, GM Makaryan, AL Petrosyan…

Index: Garibyan; Ovanesyan; Makaryan; Petrosyan; Chobanyan Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 46, # 3 p. 406 - 409

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Abstract

Abstract Methods have been developed for the synthesis of (2 E)-1, 1-dimethoxyalk-2-en-4- ols and (2 E)-4-hydroxyalk-2-enals by reaction of (2 E)-4, 4-dimethoxybut-2-enals and Grignard compounds. Thermal isomerization of (2 E)-4-hydroxyalk-2-enals gave the corresponding 2-alkylfurans.