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Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1983

Filed:

Feb. 02, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:

Steven L Peake, New Canaan, CT (US);

Assignee:

American Cyanamid Company, Stamford, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549214 ; 549502 ; 549483 ; 549453 ; 549449 ; 549414 ; 549 21 ; 568361 ; 568379 ;
Abstract

A method for the preparation of cyclopentenones of the general formula (VIII): ##STR1## wherein n is 5-7, has been developed which proceeds via the acid catalyzed deprotection and rearrangement of novel substituted-.alpha.-hydroxymethylfurans of general formula (VII): ##STR2## wherein R is a hydroxyl protecting group, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are methyl or ethyl or together form --(CH.sub.2).sub.3 -- and n is as above described. Cyclopentenones of formula VIII are useful intermediates in prostaglandin analog synthesis.


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