J. Deutsch et al., SYNTHESIS OF 2-SUBSTITUTED 2-ARYLMALONATES VIA TRICARBONYLCHROMIUM COMPLEXES, Journal fur praktische Chemie, Chemiker-Zeitung, 339(3), 1997, pp. 261-265
Tricarbonylchromium complexes 1 react with monosubstituted malonic aci
d esters 2 in DMSO at room temperature in the presence of KOtBu to giv
e the complexes 3. After oxidative demetalation, the appropriate aryl
derivatives 4 are obtained in moderate to good overall yields. Diaster
eoselective arylations of chirally modified malonates such as 5a-c wer
e studied. The stereoselectivity was highest for the products 6c/6c' (
80:20) with (-)-8-phenylmenthol as alcohol component in the malonate 5
.