title: General strategy for the synthesis of natural and unnatural dialkylmaleic anhydrides.
abstract: Starting from alkylidenesuccinimides, a wide range of dialkylmaleic anhydrides have been synthesized via the generation of a carbanion on a succinimide unit and its condensation with various alkyl halides as the key reaction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Organic Chemistry, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, India.
authors.forename: Kishan P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Haval
authors.forename: Narshinha P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Argade
mesh_terms: D000466:Alkadienes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000478:Alkylation; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / Q000737:chemistry*; D008299:Maleic Anhydrides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013388:Succinimides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000466:Alkadienes; D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated; D008299:Maleic Anhydrides; D013388:Succinimides; C032620:succinimide; D002244:Carbon