Tetrahedron letters

Thermal reactions of cyclobutanediones

MB Rubin, Y Harel

Index: Rubin, Mordecai B.; Harel, Yaakov Tetrahedron Letters, 1987 , vol. 28, # 44 p. 5373 - 5376

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Abstract

Abstract Thermolysis of cyclobutanediones in hydrocarbon solvents shows marked dependence on structure and may involve bis-decarbonylation to olefins, monodecarbonylation with rearrangement to cyclopentenone derivatives, or rearrangement without loss of carbon monoxide.