The Reaction of Enaminones with Grignard Reagents: Synthesis of α, β-Unsaturated Ketones

C Fontenas, H Ait-Haddou, E Bejan…

Index: Fontenas; Ait-Haddou; Bejan; Balavoine Synthetic Communications, 1998 , vol. 28, # 10 p. 1743 - 1753

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C. Fontenas, H. Kit-Haddou*, E. Bejan, GGA Balavoine* ... Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS 205 Route de Narbonne, F-3 1077 Toulouse Cedex, France ... Abstract: Enaminones in toluene react with Grignard reagents in tetrahydrofuran at 0-25 "C, to give selectively and with high yields the corresponding a$- unsaturated ketones. ... The a$-unsaturated carbonyl compounds are amongst the most important ... During the course of our studies ...