Friedel-crafts reaction of activated benzene rings with captodative and electron-deficient alkenes. A one-step synthesis of the natural product methyl 3-(2,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)propionate

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2719-2735

  Aguilar, Raúl ^a   Benavides, Adriana ^a   Tamariz, Joaquín ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Captodative olefins; Friedel Crafts; Methyl 3 (2,4,5 trimethoxyphenyl) propionate

Indexed keywords

1 ACETYLVINYL 1,4 NITROBENZOATE; 1,2,4 TRIMETHOXYBENZENE; ACROLEIN; ACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ALKENE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; LEWIS ACID; METHYL 3 (2,4,5 TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)PROPIONATE; METHYLVINYLKETONE; NITROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 4444282581     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SCC-200026193     Document Type: Article

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