A variety of alcohols of the 1‐oxycyclopropyl structure, prapared mostly from α‐alkoxy‐α,β‐unsaturated ketnnes and esters by way of reductinn and Simmons‐Smith reaction of the resultant α‐alkoxyallyl alcohols, are shown to rearrange into cyclobutanones on acid treatment (cf. Scheme 1).
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Wenkert et al. (1977) studied this question.
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