Abstract
A bifunctional polystyrene bearing both DMAP and piperidine groups
has been prepared and used as an organocatalyst for decarboxylative
Doebner-Knoevenagel reactions of arylaldehydes and monoethyl
malonate. Isolated yields of the resulting cinnamates were very
high, and in all cases only the E -isomer
was detected. When a polystyrene catalyst functionalized with only
DMAP or piperidine groups was used in these reactions, catalysis
was much less efficient. Furthermore, catalysis using a combination
of the monofunctional polymers was also less efficient than with
the bifunctional polystyrene. Thus, it appears that there is a synergistic
effect obtained by co-locating the two different catalytic amine
groups on the same polymer backbone.
Key words
Doebner-Knoevenagel reaction - organocatalysis - polystyrene - DMAP - cinnamates
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General Procedure
for Doebner-Knoevenagel Reactions
Commercially
available arylaldehydes 6a -s (0.5 mmol), 7 (0.75
mmol), and catalyst 3 (0.025 mmol) were
dissolved in DMF (0.5 mL). The mixture was stirred at 50 ˚C
for 15-18 h, and then the reaction mixture was purified
directly by column chromatography (EtOAc-hexane) to afford
the desired product 8a -s . In all cases only the E -stereoisomer was
observed by ¹ H NMR spectroscopy.