626-35-7Relevant articles and documents
Umezawa,S.,Zen,S.
, p. 1143 - 1145 (1963)
Transesterification of Methyl 2-Nitroacetate to Superior Esters
Corsi, Massimo,Machetti, Fabrizio,Magnolfi, Stefano
, (2020/03/19)
Methyl 2-nitroacetate and methyl acetoacetate have in common the presence of an electron-withdrawing substituent geminal to the methyl ester function but the well-known ease of thermal transesterification of methyl acetoacetate has not been found in methyl 2-nitroacetate. The latter gives uncatalysed thermal transesterification only in low yield and at a temperature higher than that of methyl acetoacetate. Comparative experiments provided further insight into the reactions; protic and Lewis acid catalysts promoted the smooth exchange of the alkanoyl groups, observing first the transesterification of methyl 2-nitroacetate with ethanol, already proved difficult to proceed. Dibutyltin(IV)oxide (DBTO) catalyst offered the spur to set up a convenient synthetic methodology from methyl 2-nitroacetate, encompassing higher molecular weight and functionalised alcohols: aliphatic, unsaturated and oxidation sensitive species were suited to react, delivering the corresponding 2-nitroacetate esters in good yields in most cases.
Catalytic Enantioselective Desymmetrization of Norbornenoquinones via C(sp2)-H Alkylation
Sarkar, Rahul,Mukherjee, Santanu
supporting information, p. 6160 - 6163 (2016/12/09)
The enantioselective Diels-Alder (DA) reaction with monosubstituted p-benzoquinones is an unmet challenge. A new approach for the enantioselective synthesis of monosubstituted quinone-DA adducts is presented based on C(sp2)-H alkylative desymmetrization of meso-DA adducts. Catalyzed by a tertiary amino-thiourea derivative, this reaction utilizes nitroalkanes as the alkylating agents and generates densely functionalized products bearing at least four contiguous stereogenic centers remote from the reaction site with excellent enantioselectivities.