Facile rearrangements of a vinylogous α-hydroxy-β-dicarbonyl substrate involving an apparent oxirane C–C bond scission

Autor: Ondrej Hylse, Roman Kučera, Michal Babiak, Jakub Švenda
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron Letters. 56:6171-6173
ISSN: 0040-4039
Popis: alpha-Hydroxy-beta-dicarbonyls are known to undergo base-induced rearrangement to alpha-acyloxy carbonyls by a mechanism believed to involve an oxirane C-C bond scission step. Herein, we report the first example of this process in a vinylogous system. An attempt to access the protected form of the putative oxirane intermediate revealed an additional rearrangement pathway that was available to the substrate. Oxirane C-C bond cleavage mechanisms were invoked to explain both isomerizations. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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