Mh. Filippini et J. Rodriguez, FACILE TANDEM MICHAEL-ADDITION RETRO-DIECKMANN REACTION OF CYCLIC BETA-KETOESTERS - ONE-POT PREPARATION OF POLYFUNCTIONALIZED ACYCLIC DERIVATIVES, Synthetic communications, 25(2), 1995, pp. 245-252
A facile base promoted tandem Michael addition-retro Dieckmann reactio
n leading to polyfunctionalized acyclic derivatives is observed by con
densation of beta-ketoesters with alpha,beta-unsaturated electrophiles
in methanol.