Abstract
Recent efforts in our laboratory have focused on the generation of synthetically useful dianions in which an alkoxide is used to uniquely direct subsequent carbanion formation away 1–5 from the allylic carbon bearing the charged oxygen. The overall utility of this concept has now been extended to the synthesis of α-methylene-δ-valerolactones in which the first step is the reaction of methyllyl alcohol dianion and an epoxide (Scheme I).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 237-241 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Synthetic Communications |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Mar 1 1983 |