## Abstract An α‐alkylidation of cyclopentanone was achieved in two reaction steps in an overall yield of 20 to 79% via a zinc chloride‐catalyzed thioalkylation of the zinc enolate of methyl 2‐oxocyclopentanecarboxylate (3) and subsequent saponification/desulfurization of the β‐(phenylthio) ketone
Thioalkylation of enolates, II. – α-Thioalkylation of Zinc Enolates to α,α-Disubstituted Ketones
✍ Scribed by Groth, Ulrich ;Huhn, Thomas ;Richter, Norbert
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 640 KB
- Volume
- 1993
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0947-3440
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
An α‐alkylation of the 2‐methylcycloalkanones 1 and 4 at the higher substituted carbon can be achieved by thioalkylation of the corresponding zinc enolates with the α‐chlorosulfides 3. The desulfurization can be carried out with either Raney nickel or lithium in diethylamine for compounds which contain double or triple bonds.
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## Abstract α‐Alkylation of the α,β‐unsaturated ketone 1 at C‐4 has been achieved by thioalkylation of the corresponding zinc dienolate with α‐chlorosulfides of type 2. The desulfurization of the β‐(phenylthio) ketones 4 leads directly to the 4‐substituted hexahydroinden‐5‐ones 5. magnified image
The stereoselective formation of quaternary carbon centers is one of the most challenging tasks in organic chemistry and can only be achieved using methods which employ some form of carbon ± carbon bond forming reaction. [1] One of the most straightforward methods for the formation of carbon ± carbo