A new cyclopentenone synthesis starts from ketones (1) and 3-nitropropionyl chloride. None of the known methods for constructuion of five-membered rings according to a (C3+C2) pattern gives derivatives having the same functionality as (2) and (3).
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Seebàch et al. (1977) studied this question.
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