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Rauhut-Currier reactionThe Rauhut-Currier reaction is an organic reaction describing the dimerization or isomerization of enones by action of an organophosphine of the type R3P.[1] The reaction mechanism is essentially that of the related and better known Baylis-Hillman reaction (DABCO not phosphine, carbonyl not enone) but the Rauhut-Currier reaction actually predates it by several years. Additional recommended knowledgeThe original 1963 reaction described the dimerization of the ethyl ester of acrylic acid to the corresponding diester of 2-methylene-glutaric acid with tributylphosphine in acetonitrile: The reaction type has been utilized in an intramolecular isomerization of di-enones to form cyclopentenes:[2] A similar reaction by asymmetric synthesis organocatalyzed by a protected cysteine and potassium tert-butoxide afforded a cyclohexene with 95% enantiomeric excess:[3]
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