Tetrahedron Letters

Sodium carbonate as a solid-phase reagent for the generation of acetylketene

K Bell, DV Sadasivam, IR Gudipati, H Ji, D Birney

Index: Bell, Kelcey; Sadasivam, Dhandapani V.; Gudipati, Indra Reddy; Ji, Hua; Birney, David Tetrahedron Letters, 2009 , vol. 50, # 12 p. 1295 - 1297

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Abstract

Reaction of a toluene solution of 3-oxobutanoyl chloride (14) with Na2CO3 in the presence of a catalytic amount of triethylamine at− 78° C generates a solution of acetylketene (2), the dimer of which was isolated. Acetylketene (2) was trapped with 2-propanone, 2-propanol, and ethyl vinyl ether.