... 01986 Perqamon Press Ltd. SPIRO KfW_lNE SYHI'IIESIS VIA LITRIUM-IODINE Sxcwuw3 OF a- (~-IODOALKYL) mm7s T. van der Does, GW Klwnpp, N. Schakel ● Scheikundlg Laboratorium, Vrije Universiteit De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Aunsterdam, The Netherlands Abstract: The title reaction (2 eq. ... in Scheme I. C02Me C02Me Attempts at Dieckmann condensation2 of 2 did not yield 4 under a variety of reaction con- ...