An unprecedented DBU–MeOH promoted one-pot γ-arylidenation of cyclic β-ketoesters by a directed γ-aldol reaction and dehydration sequence
Abstract
Cyclic β-ketoesters 1 undergo, in a one-pot process, an unprecedented DBU–MeOH promoted selective γ-arylidenation with aldehydes 2, by a directed γ-aldol reaction and dehydration sequence, to afford stereoselectively synthetically valuable cycloalkenones 3 in good yields.