Abstract: | 2-Methyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran reacts with the Simmons-Smith reagent to give a mixture of 2-ethyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran, cis- and trans-2-methyl-3-oxabicyclo-[4.1.0]heptanes, and 2-methyl-2,5,6,7- or 3-methyl-2,3,6,7-tetrahydrooxepine in a ratio of 2251.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 449–450, April, 1987. |