Oxetanes compds

X0 compd. derivs. 31,216 carbonyl-olefin-, via oxetane ring 31,986... 

A 10-20%-soln. of the startg. m. (mixture of cis- and rrawj-isomers) in diphenyl-methane heated at 280-300° in a Pyrex ampoule methyl 3-methyl-2-butenoate. Y 90%.-In combination with photochemical oxetane ring synthesis from ethylene derivs. and oxo compds. (s. Synth. Meth. 19, 764), ethylene deriv.-oxo compd. interconversion may be achieved. F. e. s. G. Jones II, S. B. Schwartz, and M. T. Marton, Chem. Commun. 1973, 374. 

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