A. Martinezgrau et al., STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF 5-ALKOXYCARB ONYL-4-ALKYL-2-AMINO-3-CYANO-6-METHYL-4H-PYRANS VIA MICHAEL ADDITION ON GAMMA-STEREOGENIC ACCEPTORS, Anales de quimica, 90(7-8), 1994, pp. 452-456
The stereoselective synthesis of arbonyl-4-alkyl-2-amino-3-cyano-6-met
hyl-4H-pyrans 3 via asymmetric Michael addition of malononitrile to ga
mma-stereogenic alpha-acetylacrylates 2 obtained by Knoevenagel reacti
on of acetylacetates to quiral alpha-hydroxyaldehydes 1 is described.
The resulting 2-amino-4H-pyrans 3 have been obtained in moderate yield
and good diastereoselectivity.