Tetrahedron Letters

(1E)-1, 3-dimethoxy-1, 3-butadiene

P Dowd, W Weber

Index: Dowd, Paul; Weber, William Tetrahedron Letters, 1982 , vol. 23, # 21 p. 2155 - 2156

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Abstract

Abstract Reaction of 1, 1-dimethoxy-2-butyne (II) with sodium methoxide in dimethyl sulfoxide at 100 yields (1E)-1, 3-dimethoxybutadiene (III)(20–30%). The diene III undergoes ready Diels-Alder reaction with maleic anhydride, N-phenyltriazolinedione and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate.