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SUBMITTER: Duan Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4077541 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20140429
We show a convenient decarboxylative aldol process using a scandium catalyst and a PYBOX ligand to generate a series of highly functionalized chiral α-hydroxy esters. The protocol tolerates a broad range of β-keto acids with inactivated aromatic and aliphatic α-keto esters. The possible mechanism is rationalized. ...[more]