Synthesis of 4-(2-Methyl-5-isopropenyl-1-cyclopenten-1-yl) butan-2-one. A By-Product in the Synthesis of Pseudoionone

J Wolinsky, MR Slabaugh, T Gibson

Index: Wolinsky,J. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1964 , vol. 29, p. 3740 - 3742

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Abstract

Aldehyde VI was obtained from the keto aldehyde VI1 by cyclization with piperidine-acetic acid. The aldehyde VI was transformed into the unsaturated ketone VI1 on treatment with acetone and alkali. Reduction of VI1 with sodium and ethanol gave the alcohol VI11 which on oxidation according to the Jones pro-