Novel synthesis of. alpha.-methylene carbonyl compounds

T Shono, I Nishiguchi, T Komamura…

Index: Shono,T. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1979 , vol. 101, p. 984 - 987

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Abstract

Abstract: The reaction of enol acetates or silyl enol ethers with a-chloromethyl methyl ether in the presence of active zinccompounds followed by an acid-catalyzed elimination of methanol from the resulting a-methoxymethyl ketones led to regioselective synthesis of a- methylene ketones in satisfactory overall yields. Furthermore, this novel reaction was applicable to the introduction of a methylene group to the y position of a, &unsaturated ...