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Facile Preparation of (2Z,4E)-Dienamides by the Olefination of Electron-deficient Alkenes with Allyl Acetate
Published on: June 21, 2017
(Z)-4-(2,5-Di-tert-butyl-anilino)pent-3-en-2-one
Abstract:
In the crystal structure of the title ketoamine, C(19)H(29)NO, the bond lengths from the N atom through the alkene group to the ketone O atom show the presence of an extensively delocalized π-system. The dihedral angle between the plane of the phenyl ring and that of the alkene component is 63.45 (7)° due to steric hindrance exerted by the tert-butyl groups. The mol-ecule has a Z-configured alkene function, which is facilitated by an intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond between the amine and ketone groups. The mol-ecules are linked into extended chains, which run parallel to the [010] direction, by a very weak C-H⋯O inter-action between the methyl substituent of the alkene group and the ketone O atom of a neighbouring mol-ecule.
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Conjugated dienes are compounds characterized by the presence of alternating double and single bonds. In a conjugated system like 1,3-butadiene, the unhybridized 2p orbital on each carbon overlaps continuously, allowing the π electrons to be delocalized across the entire molecule. In contrast, this type of overlap does not occur in cumulated and isolated dienes, such as 2,3-pentadiene and 1,4-pentadiene, respectively. Instead, the π electrons remain localized between the double...

