Treatment of 3,3-dialkylcyclobutanones with titanium(IV) chloride in the presence of aldehyde gave beta'-chloro-beta-hydroxy ketones in high yields. It was speculated that ring cleavage of the cyclobutanone ring with titanium(IV) chloride gave trichlorotitanium enolate having a tertiary alkyl chloride moiety and then aldol reaction of the titanium enolate proceeded. A trialkylsilylmethyl group at the 2-position of cyclobutanone facilitated the ring cleavage. Synthesis of substituted cyclopentenone from an obtained product is also described.
3-[(Trialkylsilyl)methyl]cyclobutanones reacted with aldehydes by activation with titanium(IV) chloride to give acyclic β,γ-unsaturated β′-hydroxyketones.
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