Ionkin Alex S, Marshall William J, Fish Brian M
DuPont Central Research & development, Experimental Station, Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0500, USA.
Org Lett. 2008 Jun 5;10(11):2303-5. doi: 10.1021/ol800808g. Epub 2008 May 7.
Use of a superbase in the Favorskii rearrangement of 12 resulted in the synthesis of highly sterically hindered olefins, (E)-2- tert-butyl-4,4-dimethyl-pent-2-enoic acid (4) and (Z)-2- tert-butyl-4,4-dimethyl-pent-2-enoic acid (3).