Facile synthesis of anhydromevalonolactone from ethyl acetoacetate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919208019258

Ethyl acetoacetate was transformed to 3-methylglutaconic anhydride, which upon LAH reduction and Jones oxidation afforded anhydromevalonolactone.

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Facile Synthesis of
Anhydromevalonolactone from
Ethyl Acetoacetate
A. Nangia a , B. Madhusudan Rao a & G. Prasuna a
a School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad, 500 134, INDIA
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Synthesis of Anhydromevalonolactone from Ethyl Acetoacetate, Synthetic
Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic
Organic Chemistry, 22:4, 593-602
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