A Convenient One‐Pot Preparation of Stable Equivalents of Cyclobutane‐1,2‐dione and Cyclobutanetrione

Geoffrey Deguest (1) , Laurent Bischoff (1) , Corinne Fruit (1) , Francis Marsais (2)

1 COBRA - Chimie Organique et Bioorganique : Réactivité et Analyse
2 IRCOF - Institut de Chimie Organique Fine

A very short, high‐yielding, one‐pot procedure has been developed for the preparation of half‐protected cyclobutane‐1,2‐dione. This compound is much more stable than cyclobutane‐1,2‐dione itself and allowed further transformation to give diprotected cyclobutanetrione equivalents.

Keywords: dithianes; spiro compounds; cyclobutanediones; dithiolanes

Domains: Chemical Sciences; Chemical Sciences; Organic chemistry; Chemical Sciences; Medicinal Chemistry; Chemical Sciences; Radiochemistry; Chemical Sciences; Material chemistry; Chemical Sciences; Inorganic chemistry; Chemical Sciences; Catalysis

Geoffrey Deguest, Laurent Bischoff, Corinne Fruit, Francis Marsais. A Convenient One‐Pot Preparation of Stable Equivalents of Cyclobutane‐1,2‐dione and Cyclobutanetrione. Synthetic Communications, 2008, 38 (6), pp.841-847. ⟨10.1080/00397910701845308⟩. ⟨hal-02385004⟩