... REARRANGEMENT OF CYLOXYACETATES INTO 2-HYDROXY-KETOESTERS SD Lee, TH Chan* and KS Kwon Department of Chemistry McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Canada, H3A 2K6. ... to be as follows: R~ ~ ~ ~ )Et R~(~LOE~ ~ HRL~#.~JLOE~ The overall result of scheme 1 is equivalent to the acylation of the carbanion of ... LDA/02Ac2O 5C 59% ~.~L~/%~(OEt LDA/0H~ LDA/OTMSC1 2d - 3d 65% 62% id LDA/0lAc2O 4d 65% LDA/02Ac2O Sd 62% le ...
