
%0 Journal Article
%A Beckwith, ALJ 
%A Moad, G 
%T Aluminium-chloride-promoted reactions of ethyl acrylate with olefins
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1977/12/01
%V 30
%N 12
%P 2733-2739
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9772733
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9772733 
%X Contrary to an earlier report,1 the aluminium-chloride-promoted reaction of ethyl acrylate with olefins does not afford cyclobutane derivatives. In benzene, ethyl acrylate reacts with isobutylene or 2,3-dimethylbut- 2-ene to afford the terminally unsaturated products (5) and (9) respectively. In 1,2-dichloroethane-nitromethane the initial products undergo isomerization or rearrangement. Un-ambiguous routes to 2,2- dimethylcyclobutanecarboxylic acid (19) and (2,2,3,3- tetramethylcyclobutyl)- methanol (26) are described. 
