An Extremely Efficient Way to Prepare Conjugated Carbonyl Compounds from Terminal Alkenes via the Reactions of Ozonides, Triethylamine and Stable Phosphorus Ylides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(95)00431-7

Ozonides derived from mono- and 1,1-di-substituted olefins reacted with triethylamine in the presence of nucleophiles, such as phosphorus ylide or phosphonoacetate to give conjugated carbonyl compounds almost instantaneously in excellent yields.These transformations were accelerated by the by-product (i.e. thermal energy and ammonium formate) generated in the reaction.