A DIRECT METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF POLYFUNCTIONALIZED UNSATURATED CARBONYL DERIVATIVES BY MICHAEL ADDITION OF NITROALKANES TO ENEDIONES WITH THE HELP OF DBU
R. Ballini et G. Bosica, A DIRECT METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF POLYFUNCTIONALIZED UNSATURATED CARBONYL DERIVATIVES BY MICHAEL ADDITION OF NITROALKANES TO ENEDIONES WITH THE HELP OF DBU, Tetrahedron, 51(14), 1995, pp. 4213-4222
The Michael addition of several nitroalkanes to dimethyl maleate, (Z)-
3-hexene-2,5-dione, N-ethyl maleimide, and N-phenyl maleimide, in MeCN
or THF, proceeds very efficiently on DBU as base, and furnishes good
to high yields of polyfunctionalized or saturated carbonyl derivatives
.