Cesium carbonate mediated exclusive dialkylation of active methylene compounds

Article history: Received March 30, 2012 Received in Revised form May 21, 2012 Accepted 25 May 2012 Available online 25 May 2012 Active methylene compounds are regioselectively dialkylated by variety of alkyl halides using cesium carbonate in quantitative yield. The reaction yielded exclusively dialkylated products with no intermediate monoalkyaltion or mixture of products. © 2012 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.