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CC BY ND NC 4.0 · SynOpen 2018; 02(02): 0161-0167
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610357
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One-Pot Synthesis of α-Substituted Acrylates

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This work was supported by XJTLU.
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Publication History

Received: 09 April 2018

Accepted after revision: 25 April 2018

Publication Date:
29 May 2018 (online)


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Abstract

A simple and efficient synthetic method towards α-substituted acrylic esters has been developed using the Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons (HWE) reaction with HCHO after alkylation of phosphonoacetates in a one-pot reaction. This method allows the smooth introduction of various side-chains, such as natural amino acids and other biologically relevant substituents. The use of mild conditions, inexpensive reagents, short reaction times and simple work-up and purification steps provides an effective and general alternative to cumbersome multistep and low-yielding procedures described to date.

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