Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Organométallique, Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences, Campus Universitaire, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
Abstract:
A regioselective coupling of ethyl 2-(bromomethyl)-3-cyanoacrylate and primary amines is described to give ethyl 2-(alkylamino)(cyano)methyl] acrylates in good yields. Whereas the conversion of allyl bromide in the presence of TEAF leads to the first synthesis of ethyl 3-cyano-2-(hydroxymethyl) acrylate.