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A highly selective method for the synthesis of (E)-α-methyl-α, β-unsaturated aldehydes

R Desmond, SG Mills, RP Volante, I Shinkai

Index: Desmond, R.; Mills, S. G.; Volante, R. P.; Shinkai, I. Tetrahedron Letters, 1988 , vol. 29, # 32 p. 3895 - 3898

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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. ... Anhydrous acidic treatment of E,Z mixtures of α-methyl-α,β-unsaturated imines followed by hydrolysis gives the corresponding aldehydes with ≥ 100:1 E:Z ratios. ... J. Am. Chem. Soc., 105 (1983), p. 646 These latter workers carried out the equilibration of a mixture of ...