Synthesis 2017; 49(11): 2297-2336
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1589487
review
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Enolizable Alkylidene Heterocyclic and Carbocyclic Carbonyl Systems­: Valuable Vinylogous Donor Substrates in Synthesis

Authors

  • Lucia Battistini

    a   Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy   eMail: andrea.sartori@unipr.it   eMail: franca.zanardi@unipr.it
  • Claudio Curti

    a   Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy   eMail: andrea.sartori@unipr.it   eMail: franca.zanardi@unipr.it
  • Gloria Rassu

    b   Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Traversa La Crucca 3, 07100 Li Punti Sassari, Italy
  • Andrea Sartori*

    a   Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy   eMail: andrea.sartori@unipr.it   eMail: franca.zanardi@unipr.it
  • Franca Zanardi*

    a   Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy   eMail: andrea.sartori@unipr.it   eMail: franca.zanardi@unipr.it
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Publikationsverlauf

Received: 25. November 2016

Accepted after revision: 24. Januar 2017

Publikationsdatum:
06. April 2017 (online)


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To the memory of Prof. Giovanni Casiraghi, our mentor, with deep gratitude (1939–2016)

Abstract

Controlled vinylogous carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions are useful options for providing the selective remote functionalization of conjugated carbonyl substrates. Remotely enolizable alkylidene heterocyclic and carbocyclic carbonyl compounds are pro-nucleophilic substrates that may be engaged in highly valuable chemical transformations. This review emphasizes the merits of these recently discovered vinylogous donors in the chemo-, regio- and stereoselective synthesis of many functionality-rich products.

1 Introduction

2 Alkylidene Oxindoles

3 Alkylidene Pyrazolinones

4 Alkylidene Furanones

5 Alkylidene Azlactones

6 Cycloalkylidene Carbonyl Compounds

7 Alkylidene Indenones

8 Cycloalkylidene Malononitriles

9 Conclusion