Preparation of α-methylene-γ butyrolactones with difluoromethylene functionalities

Article abstract of DOI:10.3987/com-97-s13

4-(1,1-Difluoro-2-ethoxycarbonyl)methyl-γ-butyrolactone (1) was prepared from the Reformatsky-type reaction of n-butyl 3-formylpropanoate with ethyl bromodifluoroacetate in Zn-THF system, and compound (1) was converted to α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone derivatives with a difluoromethylene unit at γ-position.