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SUBMITTER: Taber DF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2654412 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Taber Douglass F DF Sheth Ritesh B RB
The Journal of organic chemistry 20080925 20
2-Alkyl cyclohexenones are useful intermediates for organic synthesis. The Wittig reaction of a series of aldehydes with (cyclopropylmethyl)triphenylphosphonium bromide delivered the corresponding alkenyl cyclopropanes. UV irradiation in the presence of Fe(CO)5 converted the alkenyl cyclopropanes to the 2-substituted cyclohexenones. This approach enabled a three-step synthesis of the tricyclic core of estrone methyl ether. ...[more]