SYNTHESIS OF POLYFUNCTIONAL ALIPHATIC CARBONYL COMPOUNDS UNDER PHASE-TRANSFER CONDITIONS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00961357

We have studied mono- and dialkylation of malonic, acetoacetic, and cyanoacetic esters with esters of haloacetic and β-halopropionic acids and addition of the CH acids mentioned and their analogues to methyl and ethyl acrylate under phase-transfer catalysis conditions, and also deethoxycarbonylation of the obtained products.We have demonstrated for the first time the possibility of Dieckmann cyclization under phase-transfer catalysis conditions and have developed a simple method for the synthesis of 2,3-di(ethoxycarbonyl)cyclopentanone, a key intermediate in the synthesis of deoxyprostaglandins, by cyclization of triethyl 1,2,4-butanetricarboxylate.