... 21, pp ?155 - 5158 0040-405 9/80/0808-? 15 5^02.00/0 erganion Press Ltd. 1980. Printed In Great Britain SELECTIVE ALKYLATION REACTIONS WITH VINAMIDINIUH SALTS Vasu Nair* and Curt S. Cooper Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Summary: Vinamidinium salts react readily with enolates of ketones, esters, and lactones to produce multifunctional, synthetically-useful, dienaminones. ...