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Progress in Organic Synthesis Based on 1-Alkoxydienes and 1-Alkoxypolyenes

S. M. Makin

M. V. Lomonosov Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology

Abstract: This review covers the methods of preparation and chemical properties of 1-alkoxydienes and 1-alkoxypolyenes. The interest in 1-alkoxydienes arises because they form a basis for the easy production of various classes of organic compounds: aliphatic, carbocyclic, and heterocyclic. 1-Alkoxydienes have acquired the greatest importance in the synthesis of polyenes, including natural compounds of the vitamin A and β-carotene type. The higher cyanine dyes have become accessible on the basis of the 1-alkoxydienes.
The review deals with both theoretical and practical aspects of the chemistry of the 1-alkoxydienes and 1-alkoxypolyenes.
The review surveys all the information available in world literature on the chemistry of the alkoxydienes and is intended for a wide circle of organic chemists, students, and research students. There is a bibliography of 86 references.

UDC: 547.315

DOI: 10.1070/RC1969v038n03ABEH001738

 English version: Russian Chemical Reviews, 1969, 38:3, 237–248