Tetrahedron

Synthesis and X-ray structural analysis of an acyclic bifunctional vicinal triketone, its hydrate, and its ethanol-adduct

M Yonekawa, Y Furusho, Y Sei, T Takata, T Endo

Index: Yonekawa, Morio; Furusho, Yoshio; Sei, Yoshihisa; Takata, Toshikazu; Endo, Takeshi Tetrahedron, 2013 , vol. 69, # 20 p. 4076 - 4080

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Abstract

We have synthesized and fully characterized an acyclic bifunctional vicinal tricarbonyl compound, its hydrate, and its ethanol-adduct, which could be converted to one another by utilizing the reversible addition–elimination of water or ethanol. X-ray single crystal study revealed that the bistriketone expanded and contracted by 10–30% in length during the interconversion.