77411-77-9Relevant articles and documents
The Structure of Glutaconic Anhydride and the Synthetic Utility of its Diels-Alder Adduct with Cyclopentadiene
Briggs, Stuart P.,Davies, David I.,Newton, Roger F.,Reynolds, Derek P.
, p. 146 - 149 (1981)
In non-polar solvents glutaconic anhydride exists predominantly as its dioxo-tautomer (1).Diels-Alder reaction with cyclopentadiene affords 3-endo-carboxynorborn-5-en-2-endo-ylacetic acid anhydride (5) having considerable synthetic potential, and which on hydrolysis gives the corresponding bis-endo-dicarboxylic acid (6a).The dimethyl ester of (6a) may be epimerised and hydrolysed to the trans-dicarboxylic acid, 3-exo-carboxynorborn-5-en-2-endo-ylacetic acid (9a).The acids (6a) and (9a) have been characterised as a γ-iodolactone (7a) and a δ-iodolactone (13), respectively.