| Literature DB >> 26066623 |
Maneeporn Puripat1,2, Romain Ramozzi2, Miho Hatanaka2, Waraporn Parasuk3, Vudhichai Parasuk1,4, Keiji Morokuma2.
Abstract
The recently developed artificial force induced reaction (AFIR) method was applied to search systematically all possible multicomponent pathways for the Biginelli reaction mechanism. The most favorable pathway starts with the condensation of the urea and benzaldehyde, followed by the addition of ethyl acetoacetate. Remarkably, a second urea molecule catalyzes nearly every step of the reaction. Thus, the Biginelli reaction is a urea-catalyzed multicomponent reaction. The reaction mechanism was found to be identical in both protic and aprotic solvents.Entities:
Year: 2015 PMID: 26066623 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b00407
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Org Chem ISSN: 0022-3263 Impact factor: 4.354