A Wittig reaction involving a novel rearrangement: confirmation by X-ray crystallography
Abstract
Reaction of the cyclopentanone (1) with the Wittig reagent ethylidenetriphenylphosphorane gives as product not the expected ethylidenecyclopentane but the ethylidenecyclohexane (3); structures of the alcohol (2), the lactone (4a), and the ether (5a) were established by X-ray diffraction methods.