Synthesis 1989; 1989(2): 124-125
DOI: 10.1055/s-1989-27169
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A Convenient One-Pot Synthesis of 1,5-Diaryl-1,2-epoxy-4-penten-3-ones

Manoutchehr Iman* , Jacques Chenault
  • *Laboratoire d'Etudes des Composés Phénoliques, UFR Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Orléans, B.P. 6759, F-45067 Orléans Cedex 2, France
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17 September 2002 (online)

The reaction beetween diethyl (2-oxopropyl)phosphonate (1), dry potassium carbonate, iodine, and various aromatic aldehydes in a liquid/solid two-phases system, gives 1,5-diaryl-1,2-epoxy-4-penten-3-ones 5 in good yields.

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