An expedient, facile and simple one-pot synthesis of 2-methylenealkanoates and alkanenitriles from the Baylis?Hillman bromides in aqueous media
This protocol is for an expedient and operationally simple one-pot synthesis of 2-methylenealkanoates and alkanenitriles in high yields from the corresponding Baylis?Hillman bromides. The reaction proceeds via the successive treatment with 1,4-diazabicyclo(2.2.2)octane (DABCO) for 15 min and sodium borohydride for 15 min in aqueous media
The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday.
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
