Tetrahedron Letters

Aldehyde-enamines from α-oxocarboxylic acids. A facile and general route to aldehydes via decarboxylation of α-oxocarboxylic acids carrying β-hydrogens

IK Stamos

Index: Stamos, Ioannis K. Tetrahedron Letters, 1982 , vol. 23, # 4 p. 459 - 462

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Abstract

Abstract When α-oxocarboxylic acids carrying β-hydrogens are treated with a secondary amine in boiling benzene with azeotropic removal of water, they decarboxylate quantitatively to form aldehyde-enamines which subsequently are hydrolyzed to the corresponding