- Electrochemically induced oxidative rearrangement of alkylidenemalonates
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Alkylidenemalonates capable of double bond migration being electrolyzed in methanol or ethanol in the presence of alkali metal halides in an undivided cell equipped with Fe cathode are transformed into 2-alkyl-3,3- dimethoxyalkane-1,2-dicarboxylates in 70-90% yield via electrochemically induced oxidative rearrangement. Acidification of the reaction mixture after the electrolysis leads to the formation of 2-alkyl-3-oxoalkane-1,1- dicarboxylates. In the case of isobutylidenemalonate, the electrolysis intermediate dimethyl 3,3-dimethyl-2-methoxy-cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylate was isolated in 70% yield.
- Elinson, Michail N.,Feducovich, Sergey K.,Nikishin, Gennady I.
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p. 14529 - 14540
(2007/10/03)
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- Reaction of Dicarbomethoxycarbene with Acetaldehyde and Simple Ketones
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Singlet dicarbomethoxycarbene reacts with acetaldehyde to give dioxolane 8, the ultimate product of formation of ylide 10 and subsequent addition of a second molecule of aldehyde.Photosensitized generation of the carbene gives increased hydrogen abstraction and decreased products derived from the ylide.Replacement of the aldehyde with a ketone changes the course of the reaction and dioxolanes (11, 20, and 26) become the major products.Suggestions are made for the mechanisms of the singlet and triplet reactions and for the peculiar behavior of acetone in which generation of singlet and triplet carbene gives the same product slate.
- L'Esperance, Robert P.,Ford, Thomas M.,Jones, Maitland
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p. 209 - 213
(2007/10/02)
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