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Cobalt (II) chloride catalysed condensation of acetoacetate with enolisable aldehydes

J Iqbal, RR Srivastava

Index: Iqbal, Javed; Srivastava, Rajiv Ranjan Tetrahedron Letters, 1991 , vol. 32, # 13 p. 1663 - 1666

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Abstract

Abstract Enolisable aldehydes and methyl acetoacetate react in the presence of cobalt (II) chloride (catalytic) to give the corresponding α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compound in excellent yields. Non enolisable aldehydes do not react under these conditions. A catalytic cycle for these reactions has been proposed by involving the intermediacy of a cobalt (III) enol complex of aldehyde.

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