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Efficient organocatalytic dual activation strategy for preparing the versatile synthons (2 E)-1-(Het)aryl/styryl-3-(dimethylamino)prop-2-en-1-ones and -(E)-[(dimethylamino)methylene]cycloalkanones
Bindal, Sachin,Kumar, Dinesh,Kommi, Damodara N.,Bhatiya, Sonam,Chakraborti, Asit K.
experimental part, p. 1930 - 1935 (2011/07/31)
A novel organocatalytic dual activation strategy is reported for an efficient synthesis of the versatile synthons (2E)-1-aryl/heteroaryl/styryl-3- (dimethylamino)prop-2-en-1-ones and -(E)-[(dimethylamino)methylene] cycloalkanones. 2-Guanidinoacetic acid (10 mol%) serves as an ambifunctional organocatalyst for the reaction of various aryl/heteroaryl/styryl methyl ketones and cyclic ketones having an -methylene moiety with N,N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal at 100 C for 1-3 hours under solvent-free conditions to afford the corresponding (2E)-3-(dimethylamino)prop-2-en-1-ones in 72-95% yields. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart - New York.
