P. Ouvrard et al., EXPEDIENT SYNTHESIS OF 17-VINYLESTRA-1,3,5(10)-TRIEN-11-ONES FROM 1,3-BUTADIENE, Bulletin de la Societe chimique de France, 130(6), 1993, pp. 772-778
The TiCl4 mediated dialkylation of 4-nitrobutan-2-one ethyleneketal or
5-nitropentan-2-one ethyleneketal by 1,8-bis(trimethylsilyl)octa-2,6-
diene led to 1-(2-nitroethyl)-1-methyl-2,5-divinylcyclopentane or -(3-
nitropropyl)-1-methyl-2,5-divinylcyclopentane. From these compounds, 1
-methyl-2,5-divinylcyclopentane acetaldehyde or propanal were obtained
. 1,3-Dihydrobenzo[c]thiophene 2,2-dioxide carbanion derivative additi
on to these aldehydes, oxidation to ketones and heating gives rise to
17-vinylestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-11-ones and 17-vinyl-C-homoestra-1,3,5(1
0)-trien-11-ones.