Synthesis 2007(2): 190-196  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958955
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Bismuth(III) Oxychloride Procatalyst Based One-Pot Multicomponent Synthesis of β′-Acetamido-β-dicarbonyl Compounds with Special Reference to pref-β′-Acetamido-β-oxo Esters

Rina Ghosh*a, Swarupananda Maitia, Soumen Ghoshb, Alok K. Mukherjeeb
a Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
e-Mail: ghoshrina@yahoo.com;
b Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
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Publication History

Received 3 July 2006
Publication Date:
21 December 2006 (online)

Abstract

Bismuth(III) chloride generated in situ from the procatalyst bismuth(III) oxychloride and acetyl chloride efficiently catalyzes the one-pot synthesis of β′-acetamido-β-dicarbonyl compounds from aldehydes, enolizable β-diketones, or β-oxo esters and acetyl chloride in acetonitrile solution and under solvent-free conditions at room temperature; in the case of the β-oxo ester derived products, these are obtained with moderate to excellent dia­stereoselectivity in favor of the pref-isomer. X-ray crystallographic analysis of one pref-β′-acetamido-β-oxo ester exhibits C-H···O and N-H···O intermolecular interactions in the three-dimensional supramolecular assembly.

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Crystallographic data of the compound pref-16 has been deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre as supplementary publication number CCDC 601470. Copies of the data can be obtained free of charge, on application to CCDC, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK [fax: +44(1223)336033 or e-mail: deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk].