Addition Reactions or Diethyl 2,4-dicyanoglutaconate

For many years, acrylonitrile has afforded the organic chemist a convenient method of introducing a three-carbon residue onto a variety of organic compounds by the so-called cyano-ethylation reaction. This reaction is generally brought about by a base-catalyzed, nucleophilic addition. The purpose of this work is to investigate and to evaluate the applicability of the readily-available diethyl 2,4-dicyanoglutaconate in a similar type of reaction. Such a reaction, if feasible, would permit the introduction of a seven-carbon residue which possesses reactive terminal functional groups. This would be of great value in synthetic organic chemistry.

Grantor dc:publisher

Creighton University

Year dc:date.issued

1962

Author dc:creator

• Di Mari, Samuel J.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Takemura, Kaz H.

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• A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/109028

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:cdr.creighton.edu:10504/109028