The syntheses of some new derivatives of dicyclopropylketone are described.
Upon treatment with dimethylsulfonium methylide, dicyclopropyl ketone (1) gave 2, 2-dicyclopropyl acetaldehyde (2), which could subsequently be converted into 3, 3-dicyclopropyl propylene oxide (3) by the further attack of the same ylide.
Dicyclopropylcarbinol (4) and 2, 2-dicyclopropylethanol (9), prepared from (1) and (2) respectively, were treated with acryloyl chloride and their acrylates thus obtained were bulk polymerized.
1, 1-Dicyclopropyl-
n-propanol (7) and 2, 2-dicyclopropyl-1-phenethyl alcohol (13), which had been prepared by the Grignard reactions of (1) and (2), were dehydrated over KEISO
4 to yield the corresponding olefins (8) and (14), respectively.
An attempted radical polymerization of (8) was unsuccessful. The Ag
2O oxidation of (2) afforded the corresponding acid.
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