Dieckmann condensation

Short description: Chemical reaction of diesters

Dieckmann condensation

Named after  | Walter Dieckmann
Reaction type  | Ring forming reaction
Identifiers
Organic Chemistry Portal  | dieckmann-condensation
RSC ontology ID  | RXNO:0000065

The Dieckmann condensation is the intramolecular chemical reaction of diesters with base to give β-keto esters.[1] It is named after the German chemist Walter Dieckmann (1869–1925).[2][3] The equivalent intermolecular reaction is the Claisen condensation. Dieckmann condensations are highly effective routes to 5-, 6-, and 7-member rings, but poor for larger rings.[4]

The Dieckmann condensation

## Contents

* 1 Reaction mechanism
* 2 Further reading
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Reaction mechanism

Deprotonation of an ester at the α-position generates an enolate ion which then undergoes a 5-exo-trig nucleophilic attack to give a cyclic enol. Protonation with a Brønsted-Lowry acid (H3O+ for example) re-forms the β-keto ester.[5]

Dieckmann condensation reaction mechanism for the example given

Due to the steric stability of five- and six-membered rings, these structures will preferentially be formed. 1,6 diesters will form five-membered cyclic β-keto esters, while 1,7 diesters will form six-membered β-keto esters.[6]

Animation of the reaction mechanism

## Further reading

* Dieckmann, W. Ber. 1894, 27, 102 & 965
* Dieckmann, W. Ber. 1900, 33, 595 & 2670
* Dieckmann, W. Ann. 1901, 317, 51 & 93

## See also

* Claisen condensation
* Gabriel–Colman rearrangement
* Thorpe reaction

## References

1. ↑ Davis, B. R.; Garrett, P. J. Compr. Org. Synth. 1991, 2, 806-829. (Review)
2. ↑ Kwart, Harold; King, Kenneth (1969). "Rearrangement and cyclization reactions of carboxylic acids and esters". in S. Patai. PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups: Carboxylic Acids and Esters (1969). pp. 341–373. doi:10.1002/9780470771099.ch8. ISBN 9780470771099.
3. ↑ Schaefer, J. P.; Bloomfield, J. J. (1967). "The Dieckmann Condensation (Including the Thorpe-Ziegler Condensation)". Organic Reactions 15: 1–203. doi:10.1002/0471264180.or015.01. ISBN 0471264180.
4. ↑ Smith, Michael B.; March, Jerry (2007), Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (6th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, p. 1453, ISBN 978-0-471-72091-1, https://books.google.com/books?id=JDR-nZpojeEC&printsec=frontcover
5. ↑ Janice Gorzynski Smith (2007). Organic Chemistry (2nd ed.). pp. 932–933. ISBN 978-0073327495. https://archive.org/details/organicchemistry00smit_600.
6. ↑ "Dieckmann Condensation". Organic Chemistry Portal. https://www.organic-chemistry.org/namedreactions/dieckmann-condensation.shtm.

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