Facile and Highly Stereoselective One-Pot Synthesis of Either (E)- or (Z)-Nitro Alkenes

Stefania Fioravanti,* Lucio Pellacani,* Paolo A. Tardella,* and Maria Cecilia Vergari
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi “La Sapienza”, P.le Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Roma, Italy
Org. Lett., 2008, 10 (7), pp 1449–1451
DOI: 10.1021/ol800224k
Publication Date (Web): February 27, 2008
Copyright © 2008 American Chemical Society

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Aliphatic aldehydes were reacted with nitro alkanes in the presence of catalytic amounts of piperidine over 4 Å molecular sieves. Simply by changing reaction conditions (solvent and temperature) it is possible to control the stereochemical outcome of the reactions, obtaining pure (E)- and (Z)-nitro alkenes in high to excellent yields. The role of molecular sieves on the stereochemical control seems crucial in addition to that of piperidine, especially for the synthesis of the Z isomer.

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  • Published In Issue April 03, 2008
  • Received January 31, 2008

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