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Synthesis 1994; 1994(9): 901-903
DOI: 10.1055/s-1994-25596
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Preparation of 2-(6-Carboxyhexyl)- and 2-(6-Methoxycarbonylhexyl)cyclopent-2-en-1-one Using Free Radical Reactions

Yu. N. Ogibin* , E. K. Starostin, A. V. Aleksandrov, K. K. Pivnitsky, G. I. Nikishin
  • *N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow 117913, Russia
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17 September 2002 (online)

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Two short and simple synthetic routes to the prostaglandin synthons 2-(6-carboxyhexyl)- and 2-(6-methoxycarbonylhexyl)cyclopent-2-en-1-one have been developed. The first is based on a cyclohexanone oxidative transformation with hydrogen peroxide and di-tert-butyl peroxide, the second on the free radical addition reaction of methyl 9-oxononanoate to acrylaldehyde diacylal.