L. Tran et al., FACILE SYNTHESIS OF (E)-4-ARYL-2-METHYL-3-BUTENOIC ACIDS AND THEIR METHYL-ESTERS BY THE CONDENSATION OF TIGLIC ACID DIANION WITH ARYNES, Synthetic communications, 26(5), 1996, pp. 963-971
The condensation of various arynes with tiglic acid dianion yields (E)
-4-aryl-2-methyl-3-butenoic acids exclusively, after proton quench. Th
ese acids were characterized as their methyl esters, which were prepar
ed by treating the acids with diazomethane.