Synthesis of 2-Alkyl-2-cyclopenten-1-ones. A Versatile Kinetic Alkylation-Ozonolysis Procedure for the Preparation of γ-Ketoaldehydes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1989-27330

A range of 2-alkyl-2-cyclopenten-1-ones including the prostaglandin precursor 2-(6-methoxycarbonylhexyl)-2-cyclopenten-1-one and the jasmonoid precursor 2-<(Z)-2-pentenyl>-2-cyclopenten-1-one, have been prepared by a short synthetic route which begins with 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one and generates the key 1,4-ketoaldehyde intermediates by a kinetic alkylation-ozonolysis procedure.