R. Iriye et al., SYNTHESIS OF 2-(2-HYDROXYALKYLIDENE)CYCLOPENTANONES AND THEIR BIO-ANTIMUTAGENIC ACTIVITY, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 59(3), 1995, pp. 401-407
2-(2-Hydroxyalkylidene)cyclopentanones (1) and 5-(2-hydroxyoctylidene)
-2-cyclopentenone (2) were synthesized by the aldol reaction of cyclop
entanone-enolate (3)/cyclopentenone-enolate (19) with 2-bromoalkanals
(4)/2-bromooctanal (4c) and subsequent treatment of the products with
sodium acetate. The stereochemistry of the condensation, substitution
and elimination was elucidated. The bio-antimutagenic activity of 1 in
creased as the 2-hydroxyalkylidene group increased in length up to = C
HCH(OH)C8H17.