Bc. Hong et Jh. Hong, A SIMPLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF 2-CYCLOPENTADIENYLIDEN-1,3-DIOXOLANE, Synthetic communications, 27(19), 1997, pp. 3385-3394
A highly efficient preparation of 2-cyclopentadienyliden-1,3-dioxolane
from cyclopentadiene and 2-chloroethyl chloroformate has been achieve
d. Reaction of two equivalents of sodium cyclopentadienide and KOH wit
h 2-chloroethyl chloroformate at 0.1 M produce the highest yield of th
is fulvene.