The Michael Addition Reaction and Conjugate Addition
…add to the beta (β) carbon of alpha-beta carbonyl compounds, forming a new C-C bond and breaking a C-C pi bond. This is known as the “Michael Reaction” in honor…
Read more…add to the beta (β) carbon of alpha-beta carbonyl compounds, forming a new C-C bond and breaking a C-C pi bond. This is known as the “Michael Reaction” in honor…
Read more…DOI: 10.1002/cber.188401702178 Ueber eine einfache Methode der Darstellung von Benzoësäureäthern Baumann, E. Ber. 1886, 19 (2), 3218-3222 DOI: 10.1002/cber.188601902348 Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (−)-Kibdelone C John R. Butler, Chao Wang,…
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Read more…17, 23 DOI Link: 10.15227/orgsyn.017.0023 Click to Flip Org. Synth. 1951, 31, 29 DOI Link: 10.15227/orgsyn.031.0029 Click to Flip Org. Synth. 1960, 40, 7 DOI Link: 10.15227/orgsyn.040.0007 Click to Flip…
Read moreDescription: Treatment of an aldehyde or ketone with a peroxyacid (RCO3H) results in the formation of an ester. The rest of this page is available to MOC Members only. To…
Read moreDescription: The aldol condensation is a reaction between an enolate (or enol) and an aldehyde or ketone that leads to the formation of a new carbon-carbon double bond. This is…
Read moreDescription: Enamines are nucleophiles, and will react with alkyl halides to give alkylation products. Subsequent treatment with aqueous acid will give ketones. The rest of this page is available to…
Read moreDescription: The Aldol reaction is the addition of an enolate ion with an aldehyde or ketone. The rest of this page is available to MOC Members only. To get access…
Read more…broken. This general process has come to be known as the Claisen condensation, after Ludwig Claisen, a 19th century German chemist (of Claisen rearrangement and Claisen adapter fame) who reported…
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