title: Synthesis and reactions of (E)- and (Z)-1,3-dibromo-2-methoxypropene
abstract: (Z)-1,3-Dibromo-2-methoxypropene is prepared in 90% yield by dehydrohalogenation of 1,2,3-tribromo-2-methoxypropane with diisopropylamine in dichloromethane. The E-isomer can be obtained as the only product in almost quantitative yield by UV irradiation of the Z-isomer. Nucleophilic displacement reactions of the allylic bromide and palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions of the vinylic bromide in (E)- and (Z)-1,3-dibromo-2-methoxypropene have been studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 The Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Edvardsen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Benneche
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tius