Mechanism of the reaction of some organometallic compounds with α-enones
Abstract
The stereochemistry of the C-1 and C-3 adducts formed in the reaction of 1-metallo-1-selenopropionates with cyclohexenone is reported as well as the first evidence in favour of the occurrence of a dissociation into two independent species during the base-promoted isomerization of the C-1 to the C-3 adduct.