M. Shi et Jk. Jiang, Amendment in titanium(IV) chloride and chalcogenide-promoted Baylis-Hillman reaction of aldehydes with alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones, TETRAHEDRON, 56(27), 2000, pp. 4793-4797
The Baylis-Hillman reaction can be drastically affected by the reaction tem
perature and Lewis base. When the reaction was carried out at <-20 degrees
C using methyl sulfide as a Lewis base in the presence of titanium(IV) chlo
ride, the chlorinated compound 1 was obtained as the major product. However
, if the reaction was carried out at room temperature (10 degrees C) in the
presence of titanium(IV) chloride, the elimination compound 3 was formed a
s a major product. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.