Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sojo University, 4-22-1 Ikeda, Kumamoto 860-0082, Japan
Abstract:
2,5-Bis(methoxycarbonyl)-3,4-diphenylcyclopentadienone (1a) reacts with prop-2-yn-1-ols (2) to give 3-methylene-2,3,3a,6a-tetrahydrocyclopentab]furan-4-one derivatives in the presence of trialkylamines.