Phase-Transfer Catalyzed Michael Addition Reaction
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natural amino acid L-proline, and its application to the
Michael addition reaction of various active methylene
compounds to aromatic a, b-unsaturated ketones.
resulted reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature
for 1.5 h. When thin-layer chromatography (TLC) indi-
cated that chalcone was disappeared, water (10 mL) was
added, the organic phase was separated and the aqueous
phase was extracted with ethyl acetate (4 9 10 mL). The
organic layers were combined, washed with brine (10 mL)
and water (10 mL), dried over anhydrous MgSO4 for
30 min and then filtered. The filtrate was concentrated
under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by
column chromatography on silica gel eluted with mixtures
of petroleum ether and ethyl acetate (13:1, v/v) to give the
desired product 1a (103 mg, 93%) as white solid. Data of
products are shown in Sects. 2.3.1 to 2.3.8.
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Experimental
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.1 General
Melting points were determined on an electrothermal
SGW X-4 micro) melting-point apparatus and the tem-
(
perature were not corrected. Infrared (IR) spectra were
recorded on a Nicolet AVATR 360FT spectrometer as KBr
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pellets with absorption in cm . Nuclear magnetic reso-
nance (NMR) spectra were recorded on a Varian Mercury
2.3.1 Diethyl 2-(3-oxo-1,3-diphenylpropyl)malonate 1a
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00 (400 MHz) spectrometer using CDCl as the solvent.
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Chemical shifts are given in parts per million (ppm) (d)
relative to tetramethylsilane (TMS) (d 0.00 ppm). Ele-
mental analyses were performed on a Vario EL III ele-
mental analysis instrument. Thin layer chromatography
White solid, yield 93%; m.p. 71–72 °C (lit. 69–71 °C
[19]); IR (KBr): m = 3050, 2800, 1718, 1450, 1380, 1275,
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728, 690 cm ; H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl , TMS), d:
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7.89 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.52 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 1H), 7.42 (t,
J = 8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.25 (m, 5H), 4.20 (m, 3H), 3.98 (q,
J = 6.0 Hz, 2H), 3.82 (d, J = 9.6 Hz, 1H), 3.41–3.58 (m,
2H), 1.25 (t, J = 6.0 Hz, 3H), 1.01(t, J = 6.4 Hz, 3H).
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TLC) was performed on silica plates and components
were visualized by phosphomolybdic acid. Column chro-
matography was carried out with silica gel (200–300 mesh)
using mixtures of petroleum ether and ethyl acetate as
eluent. All of the solvents and materials were reagent grade
and used without further purification.
2.3.2 Dimethyl 2-(3-oxo-1,3-diphenylpropyl)malonate 2a
White solid, yield 87%; m.p. 78–79 °C (lit. 78 °C [5]); IR
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.2 Synthesis of C -Symmetric Quaternary
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(KBr): m = 3100, 2800, 1725, 1380, 1275, 730, 690 cm ;
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Ammonium Salt 2
H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl , TMS), d: 7.90 (d, J = 7.6 Hz,
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H), 7.55 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.44 (t, J = 7.6 Hz,1H),
7.18–7.25 (m, 6H), 4.20 (m, 1H), 3.84 (q, J = 9.6 Hz, 1H),
3.69 (m, 1H), 3.50 (m, 7H).
To a solution of 1 (166 mg, 1.0 mmol) in toluene (20 mL),
-(chloromethyl)naphthalene (441 mg, 2.5 mmol) was
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added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 2 h at 120 °C.
Precipitation was formed and then collected by filtration,
washed with diethyl ether (3 9 20 mL) and dried under
vacuum at 110 °C for 12 h to give the product 2 (332 mg,
2.3.3 4-Acetyl-1,3-diphenyl-hexundion-(1,5) 3a
White solid, yield 56%; m.p. 144–145 °C (lit. 145–146 °C
[20]); IR (KBr): m = 2921, 1735, 1462, 1375, 689,
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4%): Yellow solid, m.p. 218–219 °C; IR (KBr):
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;
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m = 2963, 1636, 1461, 812, 928 cm
H
NMR
760 cm ; H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl , TMS), d: 7.81
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(
400 MHz, CDCl , TMS), d: 8.78 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H),
(t, J = 9.6 Hz, 2H), 7.50 (d, J = 9.6 Hz, 1H), 7.38
(t, J = 10.0 Hz, 2H), 7.23 (m, 5H), 4.32 (d, J = 13.0 Hz,
1H), 4.24 (m, 1H), 3.31 (q, J = 11.2 Hz, 1H), 3.21 (d,
3
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.91 (m, 2H), 7.65 (d, J = 6.8 Hz, 4H), 7.43 (m, 4H), 7.28
d, J = 6.0 Hz, 2H), 5.63 (s, 4H), 3.51 (m, 2H), 3.15 (m,
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H), 2.80 (m, 4H), 2.12 (m, 4H), 1.88 (m, 4H); Mass m/z:
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19 (M ). Anal. calc. for C H Cl N : C 73.99, H 6.94, N
J = 5.2 Hz, 1H), 2.27 (s, 3H), 1.90 (s, 3H); C-NMR
(400 MHz, CDCl ): d: 206.3, 205.5, 200.4, 146.0, 141.3,
129.0, 128.9, 128.8, 127.1, 126.8, 126.3, 68.4, 46.9, 42.2,
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.39. Found: C 73.81, H 6.92, N 5.40%.
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0.3, 26.8; Mass m/z: 308 (M ). Anal. calc. for C H O :
C 77.92, H 6.49. Found: C 77.76, H 6.48%.
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.3 General Procedure for Michael Addition Reaction
in the Presence of PTC 2
2.3.4 Diethyl 2-(1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-oxo-3-
phenylpropyl)malonate 4a
Taking the Michael addition reaction of diethyl malonate to
chalcone as an example, to a solution of chalcone (62 mg,
0
.3 mmol) and PTC 2 (8 mg, 0.015 mmol) in toluene
5 mL), K CO (157 mg, 1.14 mmol) was added, followed
White solid, yield 84%; m.p. 61–63 °C (lit. 60–62 °C
[20]); IR (KBr): m = 3000, 2800, 1720, 1460, 1375, 1250,
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by dimethyl malenate (0.068 mL, 0.45 mmol). The
1000, 850 cm ; H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl , TMS), d:
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