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Published on: June 21, 2017
Stereoselective Stobbe condensation of ethyl methyl diphenylmethylenesuccinate with aromatic aldehydes
1Department of Chemistry, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky 42071, USA. jin.liu@murraystate.edu
Abstract:
The E configuration of benzylidene(diphenylmethylene)succinic anhydride (R = H), obtained by the Stobbe condensation of ethyl methyl diphenylmethylenesuccinate with benzaldehyde, was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Noncovalent pi stacking interaction between two stacked phenyl groups is suggested as a stabilizing energy for the highly crowded molecule. The nature and the position of substituents (R) on the aromatic rings of substituted benzaldehydes showed no effect on the E stereoselectivity in the condensation. [structure: see text]
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