3‐Bromo‐3‐methyl‐2‐trimethylsiloxy‐1‐butene—A New Cycloaddition Reagent

Hideki Sakurai, Akihiko Shirahata, Akíra Hosomi

Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1979 · 50 citations · 6 references

Concepts

Abstract

A facile entry to cycloheptenones and cyclopentanones is provided by the new cyclization reagent (1). Examples are the synthesis of Karahanaenone (2) from isoprene, and of(±)-α-cuparenone (4), R = p-CH3C6H4, from 1-isopropenyl-4-methylbenzene.

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