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SUBMITTER: Pienaar DP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902896 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20191206
The acylation of the acetonitrile anion with lactones and esters in ethereal solvents was successfully exploited using inexpensive KO<i>t</i>-Bu to obtain a variety of β-ketonitriles and trifunctionalized building blocks, including useful <i>O</i>-unprotected diols. It was discovered that lactones react to produce the corresponding derivatized cyclic hemiketals. Furthermore, the addition of a catalytic amount of isopropanol, or 18-crown-6, was necessary to facilitate the reaction and to reduce s ...[more]