Electrocyclic reactions. Part V. The structure of the product from trans,trans-dibenzylideneacetone and sulphuric acid–acetic anhydride
Abstract
Carbon-13 n.m.r. spectrometry leads unequivocally to the assignment of sodium c-3-acetoxy-2-oxo-t-4,c-5-diphenylcyclo-pentane-r-1-sulphonate (III), and necessitates revision of the cyclopentenyl structure (II) originally suggested, as the product obtained from trans,trans-dibenzylideneacetone and conc.sulphuric acid–acetic anhydride.