Synthetic Communications

An Improved Procedure for Mono C-Alkylation of Pentane-2.4-Dione with ω-Bromoacid Esters

DP Shrout, DA Lightner

Index: Synthetic Communications, , vol. 20, # 13 p. 2075 - 2080

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Abstract

... COMMUNICATIONS, 20(13), 2075-2080 (1990) ... the yield of mono-C-alkylation have usually met with limited success.lz The most successful of the synthetic procedures involves (I ... of CH,CN was particularly effective at keeping 0-alkylation to a minimum, so, a 5:l vol/vol mixture of ...