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.

Mots clés: dithianes; spiro compounds; cyclobutanediones; dithiolanes

Domaines: Chimie; Chimie organique; Chimie thérapeutique; Radiochimie; Matériaux; Chimie inorganique; Catalyse

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⟩