Bertozzi Fabio, Gustafsson Magnus, Olsson Roger
Discovery Chemistry, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals A/S, Fabriksparken 58, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark.
Org Lett. 2002 Nov 28;4(24):4333-6. doi: 10.1021/ol026976t.
[reaction: see text] The synthesis of alpha-substituted alpha,beta-enones by a new metal iodide-promoted one-pot three-component reaction involving commercially available cyclopropyl ketones, aldehydes, and secondary amines followed by base treatment is described.