Volume 21, Issue 7 pp. 907-909
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Consecutive Reaction of Bis [2, 2, 2-trifluoroethyl] phosphite. One-pot Synthesis of Substituted 3-Cyano-β, γ-unsaturated Nitriles with Exclusive or Predominant E-Selectivity

Yan-Chang Shen

Yan-Chang Shen

State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

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Yu-Ming Zhang

Yu-Ming Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

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First published: 26 August 2010
Citations: 3

Dedicated to Professor ZHOU Wei-Shan on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Abstract

The consecutive reaction of bis [2, 2, 2-trifluoroethyl] phosphite and its application to the one-pot synthesis of 3-cyano-β, γ-unsaturated nitriles with exclusive or predominant E-selectivity (E:Z = 100–85:0—IS) and excellent yields (94%—99%) are described.

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