Synthesis of Methyl 2-oxo-2,3,4,4a,9,10-hexahydrophenanthrene-4a-carboxylates

1976 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 2087 ◽  
Author(s):  
PK Oommen

The reaction of methyl 7-methoxy-2-oxotetralin-1-carboxylate (2a) with methyl vinyl ketone in the presence of benzyltrimethylammonium methoxide catalyst yielded the expected tricyclic keto alcohol (3a) and the latter on dehydration with p-toluenesulphonic acid gave the unsaturated ketone (la). This constitutes a general method of synthesis of the title compounds. When sodium methoxide was used as the catalyst in the above reaction, (la) was not obtained.

1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Cooper ◽  
E. Catterall

Copolymers of n-butyl acrylate and methyl vinyl ketone can be cross-linked by a combination of sulphur and zinc oxide; the reaction is associated with the methyl vinyl ketone units in the polymer chain. From studies on the copolymers and model compounds, it is suggested that adjacent pairs or groups of methyl vinyl ketone units in the polymer cyclize to give αβ unsaturated ketone groups. These contain reactive hydrogen which is attacked by sulphur; disulphide or zinc mercaptide cross-links are then formed. Water is produced in the cyclization reaction and hydrolyzes some of the ester groups; additional cross-links are thus formed by reaction of the acid groups with zinc oxide. The ease of cyclization and, therefore, the extent of cross-linking is dependent on the method of preparing the copolymers, emulsion copolymers being much more reactive than those prepared in solution. A comparison has been made between the sulphur + zinc oxide system and other cross-linking agents which may be used for polyacrylates.


1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Ayer ◽  
Pandurang D. Deshpande

The synthesis of methyl 15β-hydroxy-13-isopropyl-17-noratis-13-en-18-oate (14b) is described. Compound 14b was prepared from the ketone 12b, in turn derived from the Diels–Alder adduct formed between levopimaric acid (7) and α-acetoxyacrylonitrile. Solvolysis of the tosylate of 14b proceeds predominantly with rearrangement and elimination to give methyl 16-isopropylidene-7,17-secoacon-8(15)-en-18-oate (16a). This rearrangement serves as a model for the proposed biosynthetic transformation of atisine-type alkaloids into alkaloids of the aconitine series. The degradation of 16a into the unsaturated ketone 19, which contains the 19 carbons of the aconane skeleton, is described. The Diels–Alder addition of methyl vinyl ketone to levopimaric acid is reported and the adduct is shown to possess structure 8.


1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 735-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Keay ◽  
R. Rodrigo

Two regioisomeric α-naphthols 14 and 15 obtained by aromatization of the methyl vinyl ketone adducts of an unsymmetrical isobenzofuran 9 are differentiated from each other by the observation of significant upfield shifts of the peri proton resonances in the 1H nmr spectra of their acetates 16 and 17. Such upfield shifts of 0.3–0.6 ppm appear to be a general phenomenon and are probably due to the anisotropic effect of the acetate carbonyl group.


1991 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 329-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seizo Masuda ◽  
Keiji Minagawa ◽  
Masami Tanaka ◽  
Yutaka Asahi

2011 ◽  
Vol 508 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 10-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Wilcox ◽  
Amanda J. Shirar ◽  
Owen L. Williams ◽  
Brian C. Dian

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