Ir. Trehan et al., SYNTHESIS OF UNDECAN-3-ONE - (+ -)-FRONTALIN - (+/-)-ENDO-BREVICOM, AND (+/-)-EXO-BREVICOM BREVICOMIN UNDER SONOCHEMICAL AQUEOUS CONDITIONS/, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 34(5), 1995, pp. 396-398
Conjugate addition of 1-bromohexane (1) to 2-penten-3-one under sonoch
emical aqueous conditions, using Zn/Cu catalyst give undecan-.3-one (3
). Also, Zn-Cu catalysed conjugate addition of 1-bromo-2-methylpropene
to 3-buten-2-one yield 6-methyl-6-hepten-2-one (6), which is tailored
to furnish (+/-)-frontalin (7). Similarly, conjugate addition of 1-br
omo-2-pentenes (8 and 8a) to 3-buten-2-one afford Z-6-nonen-2-one (9)
and E-6-nonen-2-one (9a) respectively. An ice-cooled solution of 9/9a
on treatment with m-chloroperbenzoic acid give (+/-)-exo-(10) and (+/-
)-endo-brevicomin (10a) respectively.