Research Article
New Way to Substitute Tetracyanocyclopropanes: One-Pot Cascade Assembling of Carbonyls and Malononitrile by the Only Bromine Direct Action
Table 1
Direct transformation of benzaldehyde 1a, butanal 1k and cyclohexanone 1p with malononitrile 3 into substituted 1,1,2,2-tetracyanocyclopropanes 2 .
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10 mmol of carbonyl compound 1, 20 mmol of malononitrile 3, 5 mmol of NaOAc, 20 mL of EtOH, 50 mL of 0.2 M Br2 in water (10 mmol), temperature 40°C, time of reaction 1 hour. Yield of isolated product. |