Studies on the reactivity of methyl γ-tosylcrotonoate as ambident reagent in organic synthesis
作者:Francisco Caturla、Carmen Nájera
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(96)00929-5
日期:1996.11
The treatment of methyl O-4-tosyl-2-butenoate (4) with two equiv. of sodium hydride and different mono and dihalides gives mainly gamma,gamma- and alpha,alpha- or alpha,gamma- and alpha,alpha-dialkylated products (5-7) depending on the electrophile. The corresponding monoanion dimerizes with iodine to afford stereoselectively dimethyl cis-4,5-ditosyl-2,2,6-cyclohexadiene-1,2-dicarboxylate (11). The tosyl group in compounds 6 and 7 is reduced and in the case of gamma,gamma-dimethylated 5a substituted by sodium dimethyl malonate under Pd(PPh(3))(4) catalysis. Michael addition of different nucleophiles provides the corresponding beta-substituted methyl gamma-tosylbutanoates 16. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd