A convenient one-pot synthesis of 4-methoxyalka-2,4-dienoates
Abstract
4-Methoxyalka-2,4-dienoates, bearing a variety of substituents, have been conveniently prepared in a one-pot, double quenching reaction of ylides derived from α-methoxyallyl(diphenyl)phosphine oxides. The dienes are useful precursors of γ-keto-α,β-unsaturated esters.