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Electrochemical Carboxylation of N-(2-Bromopropionyl)-4 R-phenyloxazolidin-2-one: An Efficient Route to Unsymmetrical Methylmalonic Ester Derivatives

M Feroci, A Inesi, M Orsini, L Palombi

Index: Carelli, Italo; Curulli, Antonella; Inesi, Achille; Zeuli, Errico Journal of Chemical Research, Miniprint, 1988 , # 5 p. 1276 - 1296

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Abstract

Electrochemical carboxylation of N-(2-bromopropionyl)-4 R-phenyloxazolidin-2-one aimed at the synthesis and chiral resolution of unsymmetrical methylmalonic ester derivatives is described. The presence of the Evans' chiral auxiliary permits an easy resolution of the