T. Rajamannar et Kk. Balasubramanian, INTRAMOLECULAR COMPETITIVE ADDITION OF VINYL RADICALS TO KETO AND ALKENYL GROUPS IN WIELAND-MIESCHER KETONES - SYNTHESIS OF CARBOCYCLES ANDPROPELLANES, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (1), 1994, pp. 25-26
Wieland-Miescher ketone analogues are prepared by monoalkylation of cy
clohexane-1,3-dione with bromomethylcycloalkenyl bromides followed by
annulation with methyl vinyl ketone; they undergo 5-exo-trig competiti
ve intramolecular radical addition to the keto and enone olefins to gi
ve angularly fused carbocycles and propellanes, respectively.