Blaise Reaction of Ethyl 3-Bromodifluoromethyl-3-benzyloxyacrylate with Nitriles: A Convenient Synthesis of α-Difluorovinyl-Substituted β-Enaminoesters and β-Ketoesters

Weimin Peng; Jingwei Zhao; Shizheng Zhu

doi:10.1055/s-2006-926436

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Blaise Reaction of Ethyl 3-Bromodifluoromethyl-3-benzyloxyacrylate with Nitriles: A Convenient Synthesis of α-Difluorovinyl-Substituted β-Enaminoesters and β-Ketoesters

Weimin Peng, Jingwei Zhao, Shizheng Zhu*
Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Lu, Shanghai 200032, P. R. of China
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The Blaise reaction between the zinc dienolate of ethyl 3-bromodifluoromethyl-3-benzyloxyacrylate and a variety of nitriles gave a series of α-difluorovinyl substituted β-enaminoesters in good yield, which readily underwent hydrolysis to the corresponding β-ketoesters. Direct coupling of this zinc dienolate with acyl chloride also furnished the same α-difluorovinyl substituted β-ketoester, though in low yield, while the tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene (TDAE) mediated reaction provided γ-CF₂ carbon and oxygen acylated products.

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zinc dienolate - nitrile - Blaise reaction - β-enaminoesters - β-ketoester

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