Synthesis of α-Alkylidene-β-ethoxycarbonyl cyclopentanones and -γ-butyrolactones

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397910008086954

Synthesis of (E,Z)-α-Alkylidene-β-ethoxycarbonyl cyclopentanones 5 and (E,Z)-α-alkylidene-γ-butyrolactones 7 by condensing phosphonates 3 or 6 with a variety of aldehydes in the presence of aqueous potassium carbonate (6-10M) as base is reported.

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Synthesis of α-Alkylidene-β-
Ethoxycarbonyl
Cyclopentanones and -γ-
Butyrolactones
Feten Beji a , Raf[acaron]a Besbes a & Hassen Amri a
a Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et
Organométallique, Faculté des Sciences Campus
Universitaire , 1060, Tunis, TUNISIA Fax: E-mail:
Published online: 04 Dec 2007.
To cite this article: Feten Beji , Raf[acaron]a Besbes & Hassen Amri (2000) Synthesis
of α-Alkylidene-β-Ethoxycarbonyl Cyclopentanones and -γ-Butyrolactones, Synthetic
Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic
Organic Chemistry, 30:21, 3947-3954
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