Synthetic Communications

Modified Wittig Reactions Using Triethylamine and Lithium Halides: Synthesis of α, β-Unsaturated Esters from Ketones and Ethyl Bis (Trifluoroethyl) …

MW Rathke, E Bouhlel

Index: Rathke, Michael W.; Bouhlel, Ezzeddine Synthetic Communications, 1990 , vol. 20, # 6 p. 869 - 875

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Abstract

... BlS(TRIFLUOR0ETHYL)PHOSPHONOACETATE SYNTHESIS OF CZ,-UNSATURATED ESTERS FROM KETONES AND ETHYL Michael W. Rathke' and Ezzeddine Bouhlel Department of Chemistry Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 48824 ... A modified HWE reaction using triethylamine and lithium bromide with ethyl bis(trifluoroethy1)phosphonoacetate gives satisfactory yields of a$- unsaturated esters from a variety of ketones. ...