Synthesis 2006(13): 2103-2112  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-942404
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Reliable and Versatile Synthesis of 2-Aryl-Substituted Cinnamic Acid Esters

Alen Ianni, Siegfried R. Waldvogel*
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Publication History

Received 9 March 2006
Publication Date:
08 June 2006 (online)

Abstract

2-Aryl-substituted phosphono acetates can be readily synthesized by a four-step sequence from the respective arenes. Succeeding Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons olefinations provide stereoselectively the 2-aryl cinnamic acid esters even when sensitive moieties are involved.