C. Kuroda, Naoko Mitsumata, C. Tang
May 15, 1996
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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract
An acylative C(3)–C(4)-bond cleavage of ethyl 4,5-disubstituted 2-(trimethylsilylmethyl)penta-2,4-dienoate occurred to give an ethyl 2-(2-oxoalkyl)acrylate by treatment with trifluoromethanesulfonic acid in nitriles. A self-cyclization also occurred to give a 5,5-disubstituted 3-methylenetetrahydrofuran-2-one when the reactions were carried out in bulky nitriles. Only self-cyclization proceeded when the corresponding 4,5-disubstituted 2-(trimethylsilylmethyl)penta-2,4-dienoic acid was treated in acetonitrile. The reaction mechanism is described.