The configurational stability of vinyl carbanions derived from monosubstituted activated ethylenes

Ben Ami Feit*, Uri Melamed, Heike Speer, Richard R. Schmidt

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Abstract

The configurational stability of vinyl carbanions derived from the 1-substituted activated ethylenes, acrylonitrile and methyl acrylate, was investigated. The pure cis-isomers of the corresponding β-deuterio-olefins were treated with benzophenone in the presence of a base in several solvents (diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, and diethyl ether-hexane). cis-irans Mixtures of the corresponding α-[hydroxy-[(diphenyl)methyl] derivatives formed were isolated and their composition determined. The mechanism of the formation of the two isomeric products is discussed. The vinyl carbanion derived from the β-deuterioacrylonitrile was configurationally stable, while that derived from the corresponding acrylic ester was configurationally unstable.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)775-780
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1984

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