GAMMA-ALKYLATION OF UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS - STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF 2Z-6E-3-METHYLDECA-2-6-DIENOIC AND 2E-6E-3-METHYLDECA-2-6-DIENOIC ACIDS FROM 3-METHLBUT-2-ENOIC ACID THROUGH CONSECUTIVE IRELAND CLAISEN AND COPE REARRANGEMENTS
S. Gil et al., GAMMA-ALKYLATION OF UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS - STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF 2Z-6E-3-METHYLDECA-2-6-DIENOIC AND 2E-6E-3-METHYLDECA-2-6-DIENOIC ACIDS FROM 3-METHLBUT-2-ENOIC ACID THROUGH CONSECUTIVE IRELAND CLAISEN AND COPE REARRANGEMENTS, Synlett, (1), 1998, pp. 70
gamma-Alkylation of 3-methyl-2-butenoic acid is attained by consecutiv
e Ireland Claisen and Cope rearrangements of its allylic alcohol ester
s. With E- and-Z-2-hexen-1-ol, alkylation occurs sterospecifically wit
h inverted transfer of configuration from the alcohol to the acid moie
ty, to give 2Z,6E- and 2E,6E-3-methyl-2,6-decadienoic acids, repective
ly.