Diethyl cyclopropylidenemalonate: Facile preparation, generation in situ, and various transformations

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3992-4002

  De Meijere, Armin ^a   Kostikov, Rafael R ^b   Savchenko, Andrei I ^a   Kozhushkov, Sergei I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alkenes; Cycloadditions; Cyclopropanols; Elimination; Michael addition; Reductive cyclopropanation; Titanium

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLPIPERAZINE; 1 THIONAPHTHOL; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKENE; AMINE; AMMONIA; ANILINE; CARBON; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPROPANOL; DIBENZYLAMINE; DIETHYL (1 ACETOXYCYCLOPROPYL)MALONATE; DIETHYL 2 (1 HYDROXYCYCLOPROPYL)MALONATE 3 ETHANE; DIETHYL CYCLOPROPYLIDENEMALONATE; DIETHYLAMINE; DIMETHYLAMINE; ISOPROPYLAMINE; MALONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MORPHOLINE; NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARA CRESOL; PIPERAZINE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROPANOL; SULFUR; TRIETHYL METHANETRICARBOXYLIC ACID; TRIETHYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLOADDITION; CYCLOPROPANATION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; ELIMINATION REACTION; MICHAEL ADDITION; QUANTUM YIELD; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; TRANSFORMATION REACTION;

EID: 5544317633     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200400374     Document Type: Article

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