Abstract
By the three-step synthesis of alkyltropolone from five-membered cyclopentadiene, as described in Part Ⅰ, methyltropolone has been prepared. From the hydrolysis product of dichloroketene-methylcyclopentadiene cycloadduct, ${\beta}$-(Ⅰ) and ${\gamma}$-methyltropolone (Ⅱ) were separated, with the first predominating, by means of repeated fractional recrystallization and fractional vacuum sublimation. The total yield of these methyltropolones in the hydrolysis step was about 40%. Comparison of this result with those obtained in part Ⅰ revealed the following order as the relative readiness of their preparation: tropolone > methyltropolone > ethyltropolone. The reason for formation of the isomeric (Ⅱ) was discussed by an interpretation of NMR spectrum of cycloadduct in the unsaturation and methylgroup region.