Tetrahedron Letters

Fragmentation of homoallylic alkoxides. Synthesis of propenyl and 2-methylpropenyl ketones from carboxylic esters

RL Snowden, BL Muller, KH Schulte-Elte

Index: Snowden, Roger L.; Muller, Bernard L.; Schulte-Elte, Karl H. Tetrahedron Letters, 1982 , vol. 23, # 3 p. 335 - 338

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... An efficient two-step synthesis of propenyl and 2-methylpropenyl ketones from carboxylic esters is described which uses as the key step the fragmentation of a potassium dihomoallylic alkoxide under mild thermolytic conditions. ... For partial solutions ot this problem cf. Synthesis ...