Decarboxylative Condensation. α-Alkylcinnamic Acids from Aromatic Aldehydes and Alkylmalonic Acids1

WJ Gensler, E Berman

Index: Gensler; Berman Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1958 , vol. 80, p. 4949,4952

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Abstract

Exploratory experiments performed earlier in these laboratories showed that benzaldehyde and methylmalonic acid react in pyridine solvent containing piperidine to give a- methylcinnamic acid2a, b (I, Ar= CBHS, R= CH3). We undertook to develop and to exploit this extension of the Doebner condensation. The results, as described in the present paper, indicate the process to be