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REACTION OF DIMETHYL SODIO-3-KETOGLUTARATE WITH GLYOXAL AND SUBSTITUTED GLYOXALS; FIRST EXPEDITIOUS PREPARATION OF BICYCLOOCTANE-3,7-DIONE; SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF 5,7-DIHYDROXY-4-METHOXYCARBONYL-3-PHENYL-1-INDANONE
Bertz, Steven H.,Rihs, G.,Woodward, R.B.
, p. 63 - 70 (2007/10/02)
A simple and efficient two-step preparation of bicyclooctane-3,7-dione starting from the sodium enolate of dimethyl 3-ketoglutarate and glyoxal is described.This is an unprecedented case in which a condensation reaction of glyoxal is more successful under vigorous conditions (refluxing methanol) than under much milder ones (buffered water at ambient temperature).The major product (after hydrolysis-decarboxylation) from the analogous sequence with phenylglyoxal is 5,7-dihydroxy-4-methoxycarbonyl-3-phenyl-1-indanone, the result of a Dieckmann reaction in addition to the Michael and aldol reactions.Only the latter two occur in aqueous buffers, where the product after hydrolysis-decarboxylation is 1-phenylbicyclooctane-3,7-dione.The X-ray crystal structure of the indanone reveals a novel hydrogen bonding phenomenon.
