
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beckwith, ALJ 
A1  - Moad, G 
T1  - Aluminium-chloride-promoted reactions of ethyl acrylate with olefins
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1977
VL  - 30
IS  - 12
SP  - 2733
EP  - 2739
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9772733 
N2  - Contrary to an earlier report,1 the aluminium-chloride-promoted reaction of ethyl acrylate with olefins does not afford cyclobutane derivatives. In benzene, ethyl acrylate reacts with isobutylene or 2,3-dimethylbut- 2-ene to afford the terminally unsaturated products (5) and (9) respectively. In 1,2-dichloroethane-nitromethane the initial products undergo isomerization or rearrangement. Un-ambiguous routes to 2,2- dimethylcyclobutanecarboxylic acid (19) and (2,2,3,3- tetramethylcyclobutyl)- methanol (26) are described. 
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