A new manifold for the Morita reaction: diene synthesis from simple aldehydes and acrylates/acrylonitrile mediated by phosphines

Anders Palmelund, Eddie L. Myers, Lik Ren Tai, Steve Tisserand, Craig P. Butts, Varinder K. Aggarwal

Chemical Communications · 2007 · 26 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

Dienes have been formed with good stereoselectivity and in good yield from simple aldehydes and acrylates/acrylonitrile in the presence of a phosphine and a Lewis acid through a modification of the Morita reaction.

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