Corey-Kwiatkowski reaction

The combination of a Corey-Kwiatkowski [147] and a HWE reaction efficiently furnishes a, 3-unsaturated ketones of type 2-288 in good yields [148]. This unique domino reaction, developed by Mulzer and coworkers, probably proceeds via the intermediates 2-285 and 2-286 using the phosphonate 2-283, the ester 2-284, and the aldehyde 2-286 as substrates (Scheme 2.66). 

Scheme 2.66. Domino Corey-Kwiatkowski /Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction.

A relatively general procedure for the preparation of dialkyl 2-oxoalkylphosphonates by direct acylation of dialkyl 1-lithioalkylphosphonates has been introduced by Corey and Kwiatkowski in 1966. The use of phosphonate carbanions as nucleophiles in reaction with carboxylic esters avoids the problems associated with the Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction. The reaction sequence is initiated by the addition at low temperature of dimethyl 1-lithiomethylphosphonate (2 eq and frequently more) to a carboxylic ester (1 eq) to give the transient lithium phosphonoenolate. The dimethyl methylphosphonate, being readily available and easy to eliminate, is the most frequently used phosphonate, but other phosphonates such as diethyl and diisopropyl methylphosphonates can be used. When the resulting enolate is treated with acid, dimethyl 2-oxoalkylphosphonate is produced in moderate to good yields (45-95%, Scheme 7.20). The reaction has been achieved with... 

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