FORMATION OF A REASONABLY STABILIZED TRICHLOROMETHYL ANION BY THE REACTION OF CHLOROFORM WITH ELECTROGENERATED BASE, AND ITS 1,4-ADDITION TO α,β-UNSATURATED CARBONYL COMPOUNDS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)97274-5

A reasonably stabilized trichloromethyl anion (TCMA) was formed by the reaction of chloroform with an electrogenerated base prepared by the electroreduction of 2-pyrrolidone, and the addition of this TCMA to α,β-unsaturated esters gave the corresponding β-trichloromethyl esters in good yields.