S. Abdallah-el Ayoubi et al., New route to functionalized cyclohexenes in solvent-free conditions from enamino ketones and beta-oxo alkenes, SYNTHESIS-S, (7), 1999, pp. 1112-1116
Enamino ketones 5 react with beta-oxo alkenes 4, without solvent, at room t
emperature or under focused microwaves to give new, highly functionalized c
yclohexenes 7 and 9 in good yields. A mechanism is proposed. The procedure
is mild, efficient, economical and environmentally benign.