A Facile One-Step Synthesis of Ethyl 2-(L,L-Dialkyl and Arylmethyl) Malonates

Young Mee Kim Department of Chemistry, Kyung Sung University, Pusan, 608-736, Korea

Tae Woo Kwon Department of Chemistry, Kyung Sung University, Pusan, 608-736, Korea

Sung Kee Chung Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-600, Korea

Michael B. Smith Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Room 151, 215 Glenbrook Road, Storrs, Connecticut, 06269-3060

Abstract

Diethyl ethoxymethylenemalonate (EMME) is unexpectedly converted into diethyl 2-(1,1 -dialkyl and diarylmethyl) malonate derivatives by a classical Grignard reaction. Addition of organocuprates to EMME gave diethyl 2-(l-ethoxyalkyl) malonate derivatives. The yields range from 42-63%.

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