Ringerweiterung unter Lactonisierung von methylierten 1-(3′-Hydroxypropyl)-2-oxocyclododecan-1-carbonitrilen

Ring Enlargement by Lactonization of Methylated 1-(3′-Hydroxypropy1)-2-oxocyclododecane-1-carbonitriles The title compounds were prepared by Michael reaction of 2-oxocyclododecane-1-carbonitrile ( 1 ) and acrylaldehyde and its derivatives followed by NaBH₄ reduction or methylation of the aldehyde group with (CH₃)₂Ti(i-PrO)₂] (Scheme 1). In all cases, the ring enlargement was performed with Bu₄NF/THF to give different methylated derivatives of 12-cyano-15-pentadecanolide ( 13 ) in 95–99% yield. The Yields of the rearrangement products are not dependent on the positions and numbers of the CH₃ groups in the side chain of 3 . The lactonization reaction is of unremarkable stereoselectivity.