REACTIONS BETWEEN (E)-5,5'-DIMESITYLBIFURANYLIDENEDIONE AND THE HORNER-WITTIG REAGENT

Authors
CROMBIE L DARWISH B JONES RCF TOPLIS D BEGLEY MJ
Citation
L. Crombie et al., REACTIONS BETWEEN (E)-5,5'-DIMESITYLBIFURANYLIDENEDIONE AND THE HORNER-WITTIG REAGENT, Tetrahedron letters, 37(51), 1996, pp. 9255-9258
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
37
Issue
51
Year of publication
1996
Pages
9255 - 9258
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1996)37:51<9255:RB(ATH>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
(E)-5,5'-Dimesitylbifuranylidenedione 1 reacts with the Horner - Witti g reagent by attack at one carbonyl giving 3; subsequent Michael addit ion of a second molecule of ylide leads to 4 by dehydrogenation, whils t 9 is a dimeric product. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd