Cesium carbonate mediated exclusive dialkylation of active methylene compounds

Active methylene compounds are regioselectively dialkylated by variety of alkyl halides using cesium carbonate in quantitative yield. The reaction yielded exclusively dialkylated products with no intermediate monoalkyaltion or mixture of products.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ulaganathan Sankar, Chandran Raju, Ramakrishnan Uma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2012-07-01
Series:Current Chemistry Letters
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/ccl/Vol1/ccl_2012_15.pdf