Wen Liu and Gang Zhao
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 832-835
DOI:
10.1039/C3OB41763H,
Paper
DABCO catalyzed the cross-Rauhut–Currier/transesterification reaction of α-cyano-α,β-unsaturated ketones and aryl acrylates was discovered. The reaction rate law was determined by an integral method under pseudo-first-order reaction conditions, which assisted in proposing the mechanism of cross-Rauhut–Currier reaction promoted by Brønsted acid and establishing the rate-determining step.