Treatment of 2-bromo-4-t-butoxy-2-cyclopentenone with an amine base in refluxing trifluoroethanol afforded a ring-opened product in moderate yield. The mechanism of the reaction has been formulated as a retro-Nazarov reaction in which an oxyallylic cation undergoes ring-opening to a dienone. Several other examples of the reaction have been established through a protocol involving the conjugate addition of an organocuprate to 2-bromo-4-t-butoxy-2-cyclopentenone followed by treatment of the adducts with base in refluxing trifluoroethanol.
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