Michael Addition of Lithio-α-(methyldiphenylsilyl)acetate to Cyclopentenone: A direct synthesis of (±)-methyl jasmonate

✍ Scribed by Wolfgang Oppolzer; Modao Guo; Kurt Baettig

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 265 KB
• Volume: 66
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0018-019X
• DOI: 10.1002/hlca.19830660725

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Aprotic 1,4‐addition of a lithiated α‐(methyldiphenylsilyl)acetate to cyclopentenone and in situ enolate alkylation provides a direct synthesis of (±)‐methyl jasmonate (Scheme 3).