A Convenient Two-Step Procedure for Lactone α-Methylenation
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 16 (12), 1593-1598
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918608056413
Abstract
A new procedure for lactone α-methylenation is described in which α-hydroxymethyl lactones are dehydrated with cyclohexyl-3-(2-morpholinoethyl)carbodiimide metho-p-toluenesulfonate-CuCl2 in acetonitrile.Keywords
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