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A simple organocobalt mediated synthesis of substituted 3-oxabicyclo [3.3. 0] oct-6-en-7-ones

DC Billington, D Willison

Index: Billington, David C.; Willison, Debra Tetrahedron Letters, 1984 , vol. 25, # 36 p. 4041 - 4044

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Abstract

Abstract A range of substituted propargyl alcohols form ethers with allyl bromide in good yields; conversion of these ethers to the alkyne hexacarbonyl dicobalt complexes using Co 2 (CO) 8, followed by intramolecular cyclisation gives substituted 3-oxabicyclo [3.3. 0] oct-6-en- 7-ones (4a–4e) in fair to moderate yields.