Organic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California U.S.A.
Abstract:
The molecular rearrangements of glutenols on treatment with phosphorus pentachloride and phosphorus oxychloride and pyridine as well as on solvolysis of the corresponding tosyl derivatives have been investigated. Glut-5-en-3β-ol (Ia) and glut-5(10)-en-3-ol (IId) gave diene A (III). Glut-5-en-3-ol (Id) gave diene B (VII) and glut-5(10)-en-3β-ol (IIa) gave diene C (XIII) by ring contraction.