A Novel Anionic Rearrangement of a Cyclohexadienone. A Serendipitous Synthesis of Methyl (E)-3-Isopropyl-6-Oxohept-4-Enoate
RM Carman and n Vandonge
Australian Journal of Chemistry
39(12) 2171 - 2175
Published: 1986
Abstract
The cyclohexadienone (2b) with methanolic potassium hydroxide provides the two isomeric cyclopentenecarboxylic acid derivatives (5) and (6) together with the acyclic ester (4a).
https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9862171
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