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Fonseca, M. T.; List, B. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44,
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We thank DST (New Delhi) for funding this project. We
thank UGC (New Delhi) for recognizing our University
of Hyderabad as a ÔUniversity with potential for excel-
lenceÕ (UPE) and also recognizing our School of Chem-
istry as a Center for Advanced Studies in Chemistry and
for providing instrumental facilities. M.K. and K.R.K.
thank CSIR (New Delhi) for their research fellowships.
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. General experimental procedures for the two-carbon
homologation reactions: Amino acid-catalyzed Knoevena-
gel/hydrogenation reactions in one-pot: To 0.3 mmol of
aldehyde 1 and 0.3 mmol of active methylene compound 2
was added 1.0 mL of solvent, and then the amino acid
catalyst 4 (0.06 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture
was stirred at 25 ꢁC for 0.25–5 h. Hantzsch ester 3a
(
0.3 mmol) was added and stirring continued for the time
indicated in Tables 1, 2 or 3. The crude reaction mixture
was directly loaded onto a silica gel column with or without
aqueous work-up and pure one-pot products 5 were
obtained by column chromatography (silica gel, mixture
of hexane/ethyl acetate). Amino acid-catalyzed tandem
Knoevenagel/hydrogenation reactions: To 0.3 mmol of
aldehyde 1, 0.3 mmol of active methylene compound 2
and 0.3 mmol of Hantzsch ester 3a was added 1.0 mL of
solvent, and then the amino acid catalyst 4 (0.06 mmol) was
added and the reaction mixture was stirred at 25 ꢁC for the
time indicated in Tables 1, 2 or 3. The crude reaction
mixture was purified as before. Amino acid-catalyzed
Knoevenagel/hydrogenation/hydrolysis reactions in one-
pot: To 0.5 mmol of aldehyde 1, 0.5 mmol of active
methylene compound 2 and 0.5 mmol of Hantzsch ester
Supplementary data
Experimental procedures and analytical data for all
new compounds. Supplementary data associated with
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Knoevenagel products 10 in very good yields (see Eq. 1).
7
. All new compounds were characterized on the basis of IR,
1
13
H and C NMR and LRMS data. Spectral data for
selected compounds: 5db: IR (neat): 1786, 1739 (OAC@O),
ꢀ1 1
; H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl ) d 7.29 (2H, m,
3
1
602 cm
Ar-H), 6.96 (2H, t, J = 8.8 Hz, Ar-H); 3.75 (1H, t, J =
.8 Hz, CH), 3.45 (2H, d, J = 4.8 Hz, CH ), 1.73 (3H, s,
CH ), 1.53 (3H, s, CH ); C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3,
4
4
2
1
3
3
3
DEPT-135) d 165.1 (C, 2·OAC@O), 161.9 (C, d, J =
2
44.3 Hz, C-F), 132.7 (C, d, J = 3.4 Hz), 131.5 (2·CH, d,
J = 7.9 Hz), 115.3 (2·CH, J = 21.1 Hz), 105.2 (C, O–C–O),
4
8.1 (CH), 31.2 (CH ), 28.3 (CH ), 27.2 (CH ); HRMS: m/z
2
3
3
+
calcd for C13
H
13FO (M ): 252.0798; found: 252.0790.
4
ꢀ
1
9
bec: IR (neat): 2229 (C„N), 1734 (OAC@O), 1608 cm ;
1
H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl
2H, m, Ar-H); 5.85 (1H, m, olefinic-H), 5.26 (2H, m,
olefinic-H), 4.21 (2H, q, J = 7.2 Hz, OCH CH ), 3.37 (2H,
AB q, J = 14.0 Hz, Ph-CH ), 2.82 (1H, dd, J = 14.0,
7.6 Hz), 2.56 (1H, dd, J = 14.0, 7.6 Hz), 1.22 (3H, t,
3
) d 7.40 (2H, m, Ar-H), 7.25
ð1Þ
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