Abstract
The addition of a methyl vinyl ketone unit to a cyclic ketone to form a new carbocyclic ring (the Robinson an-nulation1) has found many applications in the synthesis of organic compounds.2 Since the reaction in its original form suffers from low yields and only moderate regio-chemical control, synthetic chemists have developed various alternatives, many of which have been applied to the total synthesis of natural products.3 In this connection, heterocycles in which lie “hidden” or “masked” ketones or enols have proven especially fruitful4.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2237-2240 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Organic Chemistry |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Organic Chemistry