Tetrahedron Letters

Addition of elemental selenium to phosphonate carbanions--a key step in the synthesis of vinylphosphonates. A new synthetic approach to 1, 4-dicarbonyl systems.

M Mikolajczyk, S Grzejszczak, K Korbacz

Index: Mikolajczyk, Marian; Grzejszczak, Slawomir; Korbacz, Katarzyna Tetrahedron Letters, 1981 , vol. 22, # 32 p. 3097 - 3100

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Abstract

Abstract A convenient synthesis of vinylphosphonates which involves addition of elemental selenium to phosphonate carbanions followed by alkylation and selenoxide elimination is described. A general approach to 1, 4-dicarbonyl systems based on diethyl α- methylthiovinylphosphonate is also reported.