A convenient synthesis of gamma-substituted gamma,delta-unsaturated amides by modified Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction of gamma-diethoxyphosphorylbutyric acid (1) with aldehydes is described.
A convenient synthesis of gamma-substituted gamma,delta-unsaturated amides by modified Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction of gamma-diethoxyphosphorylbutyric acid (1) with aldehydes is described.