Methyl 3, 3, 3-trifluoropyruvate: an improved procedure starting from hexafluoropropene-1, 2-oxide; identification of byproducts

B Dolenský, J Kvı́čala, J Paleček, O Paleta

Index: Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, , vol. 115, # 1 p. 67 - 74

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Citation Number: 34

Abstract

... Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. ... Methyl 3,3,3-trifluoropyruvate (3, MTFP) and other esters of 3,3,3-trifluoropyruvic acid have become broadly applied building blocks in organic chemistry [1], [2], [3] and [4]. The esters have been prepared as follows: from hexafluoropropene-1,2 ...