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| LETTER | Synlett 2007: 0974-0976
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973861 |
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
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A New Versatile Synthesis of Esters from Grignard Reagents and Chloroformates
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| Daniela Bottalico, Vito Fiandanese, Giuseppe Marchese, Angela Punzi* |
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
Fax: +39(080)5442075; e-Mail: punzi@chimica.uniba.it;
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Received
11 December 2006 |
Abstract
Cross-coupling reactions of chloroformates with organocopper reagents, derived from Grignard reagents, cuprous bromide and lithium bromide, provide a rapid and straightforward method for the synthesis of esters. Key words
organometallic reagents - cross-coupling - chemoselectivity - esters
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