An efficient green procedure to prepare a series of twenty-six 4-amino-1,1,1-trihalo-3-alken-2-ones [CX3C(O)CH=C(R¹)NR² R³, where X = F, Cl, R¹ = H, Me, and R²/R³ = H/Ph, H/4-F-Ph, H/Bn, H/(CH2)2OH, Me/Ph, Me/Bu, Et/Et, -(CH2)4-] from the solvent-free reaction of 1,1,1-trihalo-4-alkoxy-3-alken-2-ones with primary and secondary amines at room temperature for five minutes is reported (yields of 73-99%).
solvent-free; enaminones; enones; trihalomethyl-compounds; green chemistry
