S. Bengharbia et al., SELECTED REACTION OF (Z)-DIMETHYL ALPHA-(BROMOMETHYL) FUMARATE WITH SECONDARY-AMINES, Synthetic communications, 26(9), 1996, pp. 1685-1692
Regioselective reaction of (Z)-dimethyl alpha-(bromomethyl) fumarate 2
with bulky secondary amines in ether as solvent at room temperature,
leads exclusively to the rearranged substitution alpha-(functional alk
yl amino) acrylic esters 4a-i in high yields. The less and more bulky
amine gives rise respectively to the two successive (S(N)2') and (S(N)
2) substitution derivatives 5j,k and 51.