gem-Dibromomethyl
Aromatics: Efficient Aldehyde Equivalents in the Knoevenagel-Doebner
Reaction

John Kallikat Augustine; Yanjerappa Arthoba Naik; Subba Poojari; Nagaraja Chowdappa; Bailur Sheena Sherigara; Kummara Areppa

doi:10.1055/s-0029-1216849

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gem-Dibromomethyl Aromatics: Efficient Aldehyde Equivalents in the Knoevenagel-Doebner Reaction

John Kallikat Augustine*^a,b, Yanjerappa Arthoba Naik^b, Subba Poojari^a, Nagaraja Chowdappa^a, Bailur Sheena Sherigara^b, Kummara Areppa^a
^a Syngene International Ltd., Biocon Park, Plot Nos. 2 & 3, Bommasandra IV Phase, Jigani Link Road, Bangalore 560099, India
Fax: + 91(80)2808 3150; e-Mail: john.kallikat@syngeneintl.com;
^b Department of Chemistry, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta Post, Shimoga 577451, India

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A valuable variation of the Knoevenagel-Doebner reaction for the efficient synthesis of cinnamic esters is described. This reaction provides cinnamic esters in a single step from gem-dibromomethyl aromatics, which otherwise require the hydrolytic conversion of gem-dibromides into aldehydes, and demonstrates the use of an alternative reagent for noncommercial and expensive aldehydes. Further, the reaction of gem-dibromomethyl aromatics with malonic acid and di-tert-butyl dicarbonate for the one-pot synthesis of tert-butyl cinnamates is also described.

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Knoevenagel-Doebner reaction - tert-butyl cinnamates - gem-dibromomethyl aromatics - di-tert-butyl dicarbonate - hydrolytic

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