Interaction of nitrogen-containing propargyl compounds with CH-acids in the presence of mercury(II) acetate

Regiochemistry of the reaction of nitrogen-containing propargyl compounds with CH-acids in the presence of mercury(II) acetate has been studied. The possibility of alkylation at the substituted carbon atom of the triple bond of the nitrogen-containing propargyl compounds by sodium salts of acetylacetone and acetoacetic ester with the formation of prototropic isomers has been shown.