The paramagnetic intermediate in the reaction of ethyl p-nitrobenzoate with the lithium enolate of pinacolone is shown to be on the reaction pathway for the formation of the condensation product, 4,4-dimethyl-1-(4-nitrophenyl)-1,3-pentanedione. Claisen condensation is considered one of the most fund
Evidence for single electron transfer in the reaction of a lithium enolate with a primary alkyl iodide
โ Scribed by E.C. Ashby; J.N. Argyropoulos
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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โฆ Synopsis
Evidence for a radical process in the reaction of the lithium enolate of propiophenone with a primary alkyl iodide was obtained by the observation of cyclization of an appropriate radical probe, by the trapping of the radical intermediate and by the comparison of the relative rates of reactions of the probe alkyl iodide with the corresponding bromide and tosylate. The alkylation reaction of enolate anions is an important synthetic reaction whose mechanism is generally recognized to be SN2 in nature.' Nevertheless, radical intermediates have been reported when enolates were allowed to react with ketones, 2,3 esters, 4 nitrobenzene* and 2-chloro-2-nitropropane.5
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