Abstract
An efficient N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalysed vinylogous Michael addition of deconjugated butenolides was developed. In the presence of 5 mol% of the NHC catalyst, both γ-alkyl and aryl-substituted deconjugated butenolides undergo vinylogous Michael addition with various α, β-unsaturated ketones, esters, or nitriles to afford γ,γ-disubstituted butenolides containing adjacent quaternary and tertiary carbon centers in good to excellent yields with excellent diastereoselectivities. In this process, the free carbene is assumed to act as a strong Brønsted base to promote the conjugate addition.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 12606-12613 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | The Journal of Organic Chemistry |
Volume | 80 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 30 2015 |
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Guo, H. (Creator), Xing, F. (Creator), Du, G.-F. (Creator), Huang, K.-W. (Creator), Dai, B. (Creator), He, L. (Creator), Guo, H. (Creator), Xing, F. (Creator), Du, G.-F. (Creator), Dai, B. (Creator) & He, L. (Creator), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, Jan 4 2016
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