Acylation through ketene intermediates

R Shelkov, M Nahmany, A Melman

Index: Shelkov, Rimma; Nahmany, Moshe; Melman, Artem Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2002 , vol. 67, # 25 p. 8975 - 8982

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Abstract

Carboxylic acids possessing a strong electron-withdrawing group in the α-position undergo facile dehydration upon reaction with carbodiimides to form the corresponding substituted ketenes that can react in situ with alcohols providing esters in a high yield. The ketene formed by the treatment of ethyl 2-methylmalonate with DCC was trapped in situ by a [4+ 2] cycloaddition with a second DCC molecule. The chemoselectivity of the acylation through ...

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