21985-20-6Relevant articles and documents
Conjugate addition of nitroalkanes to dimethyl maleate. Regioselective formation of both monoesters of 2-alkylsuccinic acids
Ballini, Roberto,Bosica, Giovanna,Palmieri, Alessandro,Petrini, Marino,Pierantozzi, Claudio
, p. 7283 - 7289 (2003)
Diesters of (E)-2-alkylidenesuccinic acids obtained by conjugate addition of nitroalkanes to dimethyl maleate can be selectively monohydrolyzed at the more reactive carboxyl group to the corresponding half-ester. Alternatively, total hydrolysis to the dia