81925-77-1Relevant articles and documents
FRAGMENTATION OF HOMOALLYLIC ALKOXIDES. SYNTHESIS OF PROPENYL and 2-METHYLPROPENYL KETONES FROM CARBOXYLIC ESTERS
Snowden, Roger L.,Muller, Bernard L.,Schulte-Elte, Karl H.
, p. 335 - 338 (1982)
An efficient two-step synthesis of propenyl and 2-methylpropenyl ketones from carboxylic esters is described which uses as the key step the fragmentation of a potassium dihomoallylic alkoxide under mild thermolytic conditions.