Unusual, strained heterocycles: 3-alkylidene-2-methyleneoxetanes from Morita-Baylis-Hillman-type adducts.
[reaction: see text] 3-Alkylidene-2-methyleneoxetanes have been prepared by treating alpha-alkylidene-beta-lactones, derived from Morita-Baylis-Hillman-type adducts, with dimethyltitanocene. Preliminary studies of the reactivity of these little known, strained heterocycles are also described.
Martínez
Isamir
I
Department of Chemistry, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3060, USA.
Andrews
Alexander E
AE
Emch
Joseph D
JD
Ndakala
Albert J
AJ
Wang
Jun
J
Howell
Amy R
AR