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SUBMITTER: Sharpe RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4625839 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sharpe Robert J RJ Portillo Maribel M Vélez Robert A RA Johnson Jeffrey S JS
Synlett : accounts and rapid communications in synthetic organic chemistry 20150821 16
A method for the C-selective alkylation of 2-methylcyclohexane-1,3-dione with unactivated sp<sup>3</sup> electrophiles is accomplished via alkylation and subsequent deprotection of the derived ketodimethyl hydrazones. The present method provides a high-yielding entry to dialkyl cycloalkanones that cannot be accessed via direct alkylation of 2-methylcyclohexane-1,3-dione. The title reaction may be useful in the scalable preparation of terpene and steroidal building blocks in the arena of natural ...[more]