Helvetica Chimica Acta · 1973 · 32 citations · 14 references
Natural SciencesChemistryMedicinal ChemistryDrug DiscoveryOrganic ChemistrySynthetic Medicinal ChemistryHeterocycle SynthesisOrganic SynthesisAromatic Nucleophilic SubstitutionDouble Bond ConfigurationNonpolar Solvents
Abstract The Ag + ‐induced α‐chloro‐aldonitrone/olefin reaction in polar solvents can proceed by substitution, thereby providing a method for the preparation of β, γ‐unsaturated aldehydes. Positional as well as configurational retention of the olefinic double bond are mechanistically significant and preparatively useful characteristics of this process. Substitution also occurs with great ease at nucleophilic aromatic nuclei; this offers a simple preparative route to certain β‐aryl‐aldehydes. The results illustrate a general aspect of the chemistry of α‐chloro‐aldonitrones: the N‐alkenyl‐N‐alkyl‐nitrosonium‐ions derived from them can serve as preparative equivalents of the elusive corresponding α‐acyl‐carbonium‐ions.
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