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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Mixed Dialkylaluminum Chlorides and Mixed Trimethylorganoaluminates in Chemoselective 1,4 Addition Reactions to Alkylidene Malonic Acid Diethyl Ester

Steffen MaasHorst Kunz

subject

chemistry.chemical_classificationAddition reactionchemistry.chemical_compoundChemistryHydrideReagentArylMichael reactionChemoselectivityMalonic acidMedicinal chemistryAlkyl

description

Mixed alkyl-methyl- and aryl-methylorganoaluminum chlorides 6 were formed by reaction of methylaluminum dichloride with organolithium or Grignard compounds and used for chemoselective 1,4 addition of higher alkyl, aryl, alkenyl and alkinyl groups to alkylidine malonic esters 1 and 2. As an alternative, mixed trimethylorganoaluminates 7 can also be applied for these Michael addition reactions. For conjugate addition of alkenyl groups to alkylidene malonates 1 and 2, alkenyl diisopropylalanes 10 obtained from alkynes and diisopropylaluminum hydride proved the most efficient reagents. Using these novel mixed organoaluminum compounds, β-branched malonic (carboxylic) acid derivatives 3c, 8, 9 and 11 were obtained in good yields. The method offers a general access to β-branched carboxylic derivatives of quite diverse structure not dependent on the commercial availability of the organoluminum chlorides.

https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1521-3897(200004)342:4<396::aid-prac396>3.0.co;2-v