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| LETTER | Synlett 2006: 2486-2488 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-950412 |
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
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Facile Synthesis of Aryl α-Keto Esters via the Reaction of Aryl Diazoacetate with H2O and DEAD
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| Zhenqiu Guoa,b, Haoxi Huanga,b, Qingquan Fua,b, Wenhao Hu*a |
a Key Laboratory for Asymmetric Synthesis and Chirotechnology of Sichuan Province and Union Laboratory of Asymmetric Synthesis, Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, P. R. of China Fax: +86(28)85229250; e-Mail: huwh@cioc.ac.cn; b Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. of China
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28 April 2006 |
Abstract
A facile synthesis of aryl aα-keto esters in high yields is reported involving the reaction of aryl diazoacetate with H2O and diethyl azodicarboxylate (DEAD) catalyzed by dirhodium acetate. Key words
α-keto ester - α-diazoacetate - oxonium ylide - fragmentation
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