Chemical Communications

Gold/copper-catalyzed activation of the aci-form of nitromethane in the synthesis of methylene-bridged bis-1, 3-dicarbonyl compounds

R Balamurugan, S Manojveer

Index: Balamurugan, Rengarajan; Manojveer, Seetharaman Chemical Communications, 2011 , vol. 47, # 39 p. 11143 - 11145

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Abstract

Activation of the aci-form of nitromethane using Lewis acids for the attack of carbon nucleophiles was studied. 1, 3-Dicarbonyl compounds in the presence of catalytic amounts of AuCl3 or Cu (OTf) 2 in nitromethane solvent could be converted into methylene-bridged bis-1, 3-dicarbonyl compounds.