ON THE MECHANISM OF SUCCINYL TRANSFER FROM ARYL ENOLSUCCINATES TO ENOLATES OF ARYLKETONES - ADDITION-ELIMINATION VS ALKOXIDE-ASSISTED RETRO-ENE REACTION
Wv. Murray et al., ON THE MECHANISM OF SUCCINYL TRANSFER FROM ARYL ENOLSUCCINATES TO ENOLATES OF ARYLKETONES - ADDITION-ELIMINATION VS ALKOXIDE-ASSISTED RETRO-ENE REACTION, Perkin transactions. 2, (12), 1996, pp. 2715-2717
The mechanism of succinyl transfer from aryl enolsuccinates to the eno
lates of aryl ketones has been studied by deuterium exchange experimen
ts and semi-empirical calculations. The calculations indicate that dir
ect elimination is favoured over the ene mechanism, The results of a d
euterium labelling study were also inconsistent with the ene mechanism
.