Conceptual Influence of the Baylis-Hillman Reaction on Recent Trends in Organic Synthesis

Deevi Basavaiah; Bharat Chandra Sahu

doi:10.2533/chimia.2013.8

Conceptual Influence of the Baylis-Hillman Reaction on Recent Trends in Organic Synthesis

Authors

Deevi Basavaiah School of Chemistry University of Hyderabad Hyderabad-500 046, India. dbsc@uohyd.ernet.in
Bharat Chandra Sahu School of Chemistry University of Hyderabad Hyderabad-500 046, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2013.8

Keywords:

Activated alkenes, Atom economy, Baylis-hillman reaction, Organocatalysis, Proximal functional molecules

Abstract

This mini review describes our endeavors for the last 28 years in understanding and developing the Baylis-Hillman reaction as an useful and powerful tool in synthetic chemistry. We have also mentioned briefly how we initiated the research program in this area.