Abstract

Microwave-assisted [2+2] cycloadditions of (E)-3-dimethylamino-1-substituted prop-2-en-1-ones, prepared from carbocyclic, aromatic and heteroaromatic methyl ketones, ethyl acetate, diethyl malonate, ethyl methoxyacetate, methyl phenoxyacetate and dietyl acetylenedicarboxylate give substituted dimethyl 2-[(dimethylamino)methylene]succinates.

Keywords: [2+2] cycloaddition, (E)-3-dimethylamino-1-heteroaryl-prop-2-en-1-ones, 1-heteroaroyl-1,3-butadienes, heteroaromatic methyl ketones, BX FTIR spectrophotometer, Perkin-Elmer CHN Analyser 2400, Column chromatography, X-Ray Structure Analysis, aplysinopsins, meridianines, dipodazines, triprostatines, ferrocenyl, dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate(DMAD), tertbutoxybis(dimethylamino)methane (TBDMAM)