Wenkert, Ernest2018-12-182018-12-181977Ranu, Brindaban Chandra. "Cyclopropanation of dienol ethers." (1977) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104479">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104479</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104479Text includes handwritten formulasThe copper-catalysed, thermal decompositions of ethyl diazoacetate and diazoacetone in the presence of 1-methoxycyclohexa-1,3-diene, l-methoxy-4-methylcyclohexa-l,3-diene, 1-methoxybuta-l,3-diene, 1-ethoxybuta-l,3-diene and 1-trimethylsilyloxybuta-1,3-diene and the acid hydrolysis of the resultant cyclopropanes are described. These reactions constitute a simple, two-step procedure for the production of olefinic 1,4- and 1,6-dicarbonyl compounds, starting from dienol ethers of a,g -unsaturated aldehydes and ketones.73 ppengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.ThesisRICE2114reformatted digitalThesis Chem. 1977 Ranu