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Methyl methoxymagnesium carbonate (Stiles' reagent) carboxylates butyrolactones in very high yield, and, with a new application of the Cope condensation for the introduction of the methylene group, permits the synthesis of α-methylenebutyrolactones in good overall yield.
J. Martin, P. C. Watts and F. Johnson, J. Chem. Soc. D, 1970, 27 DOI: 10.1039/C29700000027
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