The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Nitrone cycloadditions. An efficient method for the homologation of aldehydes to. alpha.,. beta.-unsaturated aldehydes

P DeShong, JM Leginus

Index: DeShong, Philip; Leginus, Joseph M. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 49, # 18 p. 3421 - 3423

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Abstract

Homologation of an aldehyde into an a,@-unsaturated carbonyl compound with the introduction of two additional carbon atoms in the resulting chain is an important reaction in organic synthesis since the products are useful intermediates for further synthetic elaboration.'The Wittig reaction or the Emmons-Wadsworth-Horner modification of the Wittig reaction is most often employed to effect the transformation of an aldehyde into an olefinic ...