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Nucleophilic acylation of α-haloketones with aldehydes: an umpolung strategy for the synthesis of 1, 3-diketones

S Singh, P Singh, VK Rai, R Kapoor, LDS Yadav

Index: Singh, Santosh; Singh, Pankaj; Rai, Vijai K.; Kapoor, Ritu; Yadav, Lal Dhar S. Tetrahedron Letters, 2011 , vol. 52, # 1 p. 125 - 128

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Abstract

The first example of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-promoted intermolecular acylation of α- haloketones with aldehydes and α, β-unsaturated aldehydes (enals) is reported. The protocol involves carbonyl umpolung reactivity of aldehydes and enals in which the carbonyl carbon attacks nucleophilically on electrophilic terminal of α-haloketones to afford 1, 3- diketones and α, β-unsaturated 1, 3-diketones, respectively. Short reaction time, ambient ...