The stereochemical course of thermaly induced oxetane fragmentation

✍ Scribed by Guilford Jones II; Janice C. Staires

• Book ID: 104234972
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 183 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)82642-3

✦ Synopsis

In order to explore the carbonyl-olefin metathesis synthon,' we have conducted an array of tests of oxetane decompositions involving substituent and medium effects and stereochemistry and now report for the first time the stereochemical course of pyrolysis of a pair of oxetane diastereomers.

The 2-methyl-3-phenyloxetanes (A and 2) were obtained by photolysis of acetaldehyde and styrene.