Action d'organolithiens et organomagnesiens sur la propiolactone en presence de sel cuivreux Synthese d'acides carboxyliques

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)77743-4

Organocuprate reagents, as well as Grignard reagents under the catalytic action of copper bromide, react with propiolactone to give the corresponding homologous acid with three more carbon atoms in good yields.