title: Tandem Knoevenagel-Michael addition of aryl sulfonimines with diethyl malonate for synthesis of arylidene dimalonates.
abstract: A highly efficient, one-flask tandem Knoevenagel-Michael addition reaction of sulfonimines with diethyl malonate in the presence of a catalytic amount of base affords the corresponding arylidene dimalonates in good to excellent yields.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China. rhfan@fudan.edu.cn
authors.forename: Renhua
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Weizi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dongming
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D007097:Imines / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008314:Malonates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007097:Imines; D008314:Malonates; C498810:diethyl malonate; C030290:malonic acid