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Alxylations of α-methyl substituted β-diketones throught their Cu (II) complexes. Preparation of sterically congested β-diketones.

ME Lloris, J Marquet, M Moreno-Mañas

Index: Lloris, Maria E.; Marquet, Jorge; Moreno-Manas, Marcial Tetrahedron Letters, 1990 , vol. 31, # 51 p. 7489 - 7492

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Abstract

Abstract The copper (II) complexes of 3-methylpentane-2, 4-dione and 2-methyl-1- phenylbutane-1, 3-dione are good substrates for C-alkylation with several alkyl bromides including 1-bromoadamantane and 9-bromofluorene. Sterically congested β-diketones have been prepared.