A new enantioselective synthetic method for α-halo-α-alkylmalonates is reported. α-Alkylation of diphenylmethyl tert-butyl α-halomalonates under phase-transfer catalytic conditions (solid KOH, toluene, -40 °C) in the presence of (S,S)-3,4,5-trifluorophenyl-NAS bromide (5 mol%) afforded diphenylmethyl tert-butyl α-halo-α-alkylmalonates in very high chemical yields (up to 99%) and optical yields ...

Abstract Six silica-supported phosphotungstic acid catalysts (PTA/SiO 2 ) of different composition (20–70 wt% PTA content) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, BET, BJH, NH 3 -TPD methods, FT-IR spectroscopy adsorbed pyridine 1 H MAS NMR techniques. The new composite were first applied in the Friedel–Crafts alkylation toluene with 1-octene as a benchmark process under ...