Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia
Abstract:
The reaction of ethyl nitrodiazoacetate with a series of methylenecyclobutanes was studied and both 1+2]- and 2+3]-cycloaddition pathways were observed depending on olefin structure. Amino acids of a spirohexane type were synthesized from methylenecyclobutanes by a three-step synthesis.