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SUBMITTER: Aiken KS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3401335 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of organic chemistry 20120703 14
The tandem chain extension-aldol (TCA) reaction of β-keto esters provides an α-substituted γ-keto ester with an average syn:anti selectivity of 10:1. It is proposed that the reaction proceeds via a carbon-zinc bound organometallic intermediate potentially bearing mechanistic similarity to the Reformatsky reaction. Evidence, derived from control Reformatsky reactions and a study of the structure of the TCA intermediate utilizing DFT methods and NMR spectroscopy, suggests the γ-keto group of the T ...[more]