S. Chandrasekhar et al., Addition of carbon nucleophiles to aldehyde tosylhydrazones of aromatic and heteroaromatic-compounds: total synthesis of piperine and its analogs, TETRAHEDR L, 41(15), 2000, pp. 2667-2670
Addition of carbon nucleophiles to aldehyde tosylhydrazones of aromatic and
heteroaromatic compounds is reported. New observations have been made wher
ein alkylative reduction is observed in some cases whereas alkylative fragm
entation is noticed in others. These findings are exploited in the synthesi
s of the useful alkaloid piperine and its analogs. (C) 2000 EIsevier Scienc
e Ltd. All rights reserved.