Abstract
Treatment of cyclic tert-trihalomethylcarbinols with CrCl2 in THF/HMPA in the presence of aryl or aliphatic aldehydes initiates a cascade sequence of one carbon ring expansion-olefination affording conjugated exocyclic ketones. Acyclic tert-trihalomethylcarbinols undergo a comparable cascade of one carbon homologation-olefination.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4645-4647 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 20 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 28 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry