A practical, efficient, and atom economic alternative to the Wittig and Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reactions for the synthesis of (E)-α,β- unsaturated esters from aldehydes

Tetrahedron

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 476-482

  List, Benjamin ^a   Doehring, Arno ^a   Hechavarria Fonseca, Maria T ^a   Job, Andreas ^b   Rios Torres, Ramon ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

, Unsaturated esters; (E) Stereoselectivity; DMAP catalysis; Doebner Knoevenagel reaction

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; MALONIC ACID;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; HORNER REACTION; HORNER WADSWORTH EMMONS REACTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 28944451360     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2005.09.081     Document Type: Article

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