Preparative Scale Stereoselective Synthesis of Methyl 4-Methyl-(Z)-2, 4-Pentadienoate |
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| Authors: | Thomas A. Engler Wolfgang Falter |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry , University of Kansas , Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA;2. Lehrstuhl and Institut fur Technische Chemie und Petrolchemie, der Rheinisch-Westfalischen Technischen Hochschule , Aachen, FRG |
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| Abstract: | The title compound is prepared efficiently and stereoselectively by sodium methoxide induced Favorskii rearrangement and elimination of HBr from 4-methyl-1,3,4-tribromo-2-pentanone which is formed by direct bromination of mesityl oxide. The method provides mole quantities of the title compound. |
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