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Divergent pathways to isophthalates and naphthalate esters from methyl coumalate
Tetrahedron Letters
  • Huangchao Yu, Iowa State University
  • George A. Kraus, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
11-7-2018
DOI
10.1016/j.tetlet.2018.09.058
Abstract

Methyl coumalate readily reacts with enamines at ambient temperature to give lactones, which can be further transformed into isophthalates and tetrahydronaphthoates. Both cyclic and acyclic enamines show good reactivity. Dehydrogenation of tetrahydronaphthoate 4a was achieved on a hundred-gram scale.

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This is a manuscript of an article published as Yu, Huangchao, and George A. Kraus. "Divergent pathways to isophthalates and naphthalate esters from methyl coumalate." Tetrahedron Letters 59, no. 45 (2018): 4008-4010. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2018.09.058. Posted with permission.

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Citation Information
Huangchao Yu and George A. Kraus. "Divergent pathways to isophthalates and naphthalate esters from methyl coumalate" Tetrahedron Letters Vol. 59 Iss. 45 (2018) p. 4008 - 4010
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/george_kraus/256/