a Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Sezione di Chimiica Organica, Universite di Perugia, Via del Liceo, 06123 Perugia, Italy b Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013 Chieti Scalo, Italy
Abstract:
β-Keto enol ethers have been synthesized in very good yield in solvent-free conditions from differently substituted alcohols and β-diketones in the presence of Yb(OTf)3 as catalyst. The method is applicable to both cyclic and acyclic β-diketones with only slight differences in the experimental procedure.