Organic letters

Mild and selective sodium azide mediated cleavage of p-nitrobenzoic esters

JA Gómez-Vidal, MT Forrester, RB Silverman

Index: Organic letters, , vol. 3, # 16 p. 2477 - 2479

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Citation Number: 39

Abstract

... Volume: Page: ... Organic Letters. ... 3 A potential drawback of this methodology occurs when the formed ester is β to a carbonyl group: hydrolysis of this intermediate under basic conditions proceeds with elimination, affording the conjugated enone as the major ...