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Efficient Synthesis of Dissymmetric Malonic Acid S, O-Esters via Monoalcoholysis of Symmetric Dithiomalonates under Neutral Conditions

K Matsuo, M Shindo

Index: Matsuo, Kazumasa; Shindo, Mitsuru Organic Letters, 2010 , vol. 12, # 22 p. 5346 - 5349

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Abstract

A novel method for the highly selective synthesis of dissymmetric S, O-malonates starting from symmetric diphenyl dithiomalonates under neutral conditions is described. The key step is the thermal formation of an acylketene, the stability of which would contribute to the