Isomerisation of 4-aryl-4-methylhex-5-en-2-ones to 5-aryl-4-methylhex-5-en-2-ones by an intramolecular ene-retro ene reaction sequence

Srikrishna, A. ; Krishnan, K. ; Venkateswarlu, S. ; Praveen Kumar, P. (1995) Isomerisation of 4-aryl-4-methylhex-5-en-2-ones to 5-aryl-4-methylhex-5-en-2-ones by an intramolecular ene-retro ene reaction sequence Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1 (16). pp. 2033-2037. ISSN 0300-922X

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Abstract

Acid-catalysed thermal rearrangement of 4-aryl-4-methylhex-5-en-2-ones (products of the Claisen rearrangement of β-methylcinnamyl alcohols and 2-methoxypropene) to isomeric 5-aryl-4-methylhex-5-en-2-ones via an intramolecular ene reaction of the enol tautomer followed by a retro ene reaction of the resultant acetylcyclopropane is described. Formation of the known diketone 13 via the ozonolysis of the rearrangement product 10, confirmed the structures of the rearranged enones, whereas formation of the enone 15 containing an extra methyl group on the styrene double bond confirmed the proposed mechanism. Finally, the rearrangement has been extended to the formal synthesis of β-cuparenone 20 via the enones 22 and 23.

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