New Synthesis of dienyl acid
The new preparation of the requisite o-dienylbenzoate uses o-bromo
benzaldehyde, which undergoes the Wittig reaction in high yield. Exchange of the
bromine with an organolithium is followed by quenching with ethyl chloroacetate
to give the ester, or with carbon dioxide to give the acid (in about 55% yield)
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