Cyclobutanones via the (1??Oxycyclopropyl) methanol Route

E Wenkert, NF Golob, RP Hatch…

Index: Wenkert,E. et al. Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1977 , vol. 60, p. 1 - 8

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Abstract

Abstract A variety of alcohols of the 1-oxycyclopropyl structure, prapared mostly from α- alkoxy-α, β-unsaturated ketnnes and esters by way of reductinn and Simmons-Smith reaction of the resultant α-alkoxyallyl alcohols, are shown to rearrange into cyclobutanones on acid treatment (cf. Scheme 1).