Small-Ring Compounds. III. Synthesis of Cyclobutanone, Cyclobutanol, Cyclobutene and Cyclobutane

JD Roberts, CW Sauer

Index: Roberts; Sauer Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1949 , vol. 71, p. 3925,3928

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Abstract

Summary A convenient synthesis of several 2-thiophenealdehydes is described in which the aminomethylation intermediates, the N-(2-thenyl)-formaldimines, undergo a prototropic shift and are hydrolyzed to the corresponding aldehydes. The reaction is complicated by side reactions and