Synthesis and Structure of 2-Ethoxy- and 2-Aminomethylidene- 3-fluoroalkyl-3-oxopropionates

TLDR: In this paper, the X-ray diffraction and IR data showed that 2-morpholino(pyrrolidin-1-yl)methylidene-3-fluoroalkyl-3 -oxopropionates exist as Z isomers both in the crystalline state and in solution.

Abstract: Condensation of ethyl 3-polyfluoroalkyl-3-oxopropionates with excess triethyl orthoformate gave ethyl 3-polyfluoroalkyl-2-ethoxymethylidene-3-oxopropionates which reacted with primary aliphatic, aromatic, and heterocyclic amines to form ethyl 2-alkyl(aryl, hetaryl)aminomethylidene-3-polyfluoroalkyl-3-oxopropionates. According to the X-ray diffraction and IR data, the latter exist in the crystalline state as the corresponding E isomers, while in solution (NMR data), as mixtures of Z and E isomers. Condensation of ethyl 2-ethoxymethylidene-3-oxopropionates with secondary heterocyclic amines (morpholine and pyrrolidine) led to the formation of 2-morpholino(pyrrolidin-1-yl)methylidene-3-fluoroalkyl-3-oxopropionates which were shown to exist as Z isomers both in the crystalline state and in solution.