An efficient two-step no purification protocol for the synthesis of enolizable α-subtituted β,γ-unsaturated aldehydes is reported. The developed strategy involves two steps, epoxidation and Meinwald rearrangement, to result in a formal one-carbon homologation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes enabling the insertion of a CHR unit.
Delbrassinne, A., Takam Mba, B. J., Collard, L., & Robiette, R. (2023). One‐Carbon Homologation of α,β‐Unsaturated Aldehydes: Access to α‐Tertiary β,γ‐Unsaturated Aldehydes. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 26(40), e2023007. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202300765 (Original work published 2023)