(1) Department of Chemistry, University of Tarbiat Modarres, P.O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran, IR
Abstract:
Summary. Protonation of the reactive 1:1 intermediates produced in the reaction between triphenylphosphine and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates with CH-acids, such as ethyl 2,4-dioxo-hexanoate and ethyl 2,4-dioxo-5-methylhexanoate, lead to vinyltriphenylphosphonium salts, which undergo an intramolecular Wittig reaction to produce cyclobutene derivatives in fairly high yields.Received November 8, 2002; accepted November 29, 2002Published online July 3, 2003
Protonation of the reactive 1:1 intermediates produced in the reaction between triphenylphosphine and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates with CH-acids, such as ethyl 2,4-dioxo-hexanoate and ethyl 2,4-dioxo-5-methylhexanoate, lead to vinyltriphenylphosphonium salts, which undergo an intramolecular Wittig reaction to produce cyclobutene derivatives in fairly high yields.Received November 8, 2002; accepted November 29, 2002Published online July 3, 2003