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SUBMITTER: Bartley DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2082008 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of organic chemistry 20060101 1
[reaction: see text] A facile route to the alpha-methyl ester of 2-methyleneglutarate via a three-step sequence from 3-hydroxymethylcyclopentene is described. Regioselective formation of the monoacid from a diester precursor proceeds via a novel fluoride-mediated, tandem deprotection/rearrangement of O-silyl 2-(hydroxymethyl)dimethylglutarate. ...[more]