A novel olefination of carbonyl compounds with dibromo-malonate promoted by dibutyl telluride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919108019792

α,β-Unsaturated malonic esters are conveniently synthesized from the reaction of dibromomalonate with carbonyl compounds promoted by dibutyl telluride in excellent yields. A possible mechanism involving twice halophilic attacks of dibutyl telluride is proposed. This methodology provides a facile route to α,β-unsaturated malonic esters and represents an alternative to the Knoevenagel reaction.

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A Novel Olefination of
Carbonyl Compounds with
Dibromomalonate Promoted by
Dibutyl Telluride
Zhang-Lin Zhou a , Li-Lan Shi a & Yao-Zeng Huang a
a Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry , Shanghai
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Academia Sinica ,
345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai, 200032, China
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Zhang-Lin Zhou , Li-Lan Shi & Yao-Zeng Huang (1991) A
Novel Olefination of Carbonyl Compounds with Dibromomalonate Promoted
by Dibutyl Telluride, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for
Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 21:8-9, 1027-1037, DOI:
10.1080/00397919108019792
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