Neville D. Emslie

TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis of racemic integerrinecic acid from ethyl acrylate is described, and a key synthesizer, a 2Z)-2-bromomethylbut-2-enoate, can undergo either allylic substitution or substitution with rearrangement.

TL;DR: The acrylate ester of salicylaldehyde, in the presence of DABCO, affords a crystalline coumarin salt as discussed by the authors, which confirms a vital intermediate in the mechanism of the reaction.

TL;DR: In this article, a comparative study showed that methyl vinyl ketone is more reactive than methyl acrylate in the Baylis-Hillman reaction, whereas the acetylated derivative is a poor catalyst.

TL;DR: Experimental evidences show that the (DABCO) catalysed rearrangement of allylic esters proceed via a two path mechanism, rather than a single path, as has been previously proposed.

TL;DR: Aerylate esters readily undergo the Baylis-Hillman reaction with aldehydes in the presence of DABCO as mentioned in this paper, and it has been shown that esters with good leaving groups undergo self condensation (Michael addition) to afford dimers in almost quantitative yield.