Acrolein → HCID 18921999, compound

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Reaction Steps

According to the method of A. Chesnyl et al. [Synthetic Communications, Vol. 20, pp. 3167-3180 (1990)], 50 mg of the 2-cyclobutyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid obtained in Step 1 of Example 1 and a catalytic amount of DBU were dissolved in 2 ml of tetrahydrofuran, and 15 μl of acrolein was added thereto at -15° C., followed by stirring for 20 minutes. The resulting solution was added at 0° C. to an ylide compound prepared from 156 mg of cyclopentyltriphenylphosphonium iodide and 200 μl of n-butyl lithium (as a 1.69M hexane solution), and this mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes and then at room temperature for 4 hours. After the addition of 20 ml of water, the reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (30 ml×3). The organic layer was washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride and then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, the resulting residue was purified by thin-layer chromatography [Kieselgel™ 60F254, Art 5744 (manufactured by E. Merck); developing solvent: hexane/ethyl acetate=1/2] to obtain 2.0 mg of the title compound.

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