Efficient synthesis of esters containing tertiary amine functionalities via active cyanomethyl ester intermediates

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 4346-4349

  Bouillon, Camille ^a   Quéléver, Gilles ^a   Peng, Ling ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cyanomethyl ester; Scavenging; Tertiary amine containing esters; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALCOHOL; AMINE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; PURIFICATION; SYNTHESIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 66749186723     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.05.034     Document Type: Article

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13. C 28.1 (6C), 33.8 (2C), 50.0 (2C), 53.1, 64.1, 69.1, 69.7, 80.3 (2C), 128.3 (2C), 129.7 (2C), 130.1, 133.0, 166.5, 171.9 (2C).
14. C 29.2 (2C), 51.6 (2C), 54.8, 65.0, 65.6, 70.3, 129.6 (2C), 130.6 (2C), 131.1, 134.4, 167.9, 174.1 (2C).
15. Unfortunately, DCU could not be completely removed from 7 in our hands. Further attempts to replace DCC/DMAP by BOP or Mukaiyama's reagent were unsuccessful, since no desired product could be identified.
16. + 432.1765, found 432.1746.
17. 3CN.
18. + 1040.6265, found 1040.6269.