a Center of Excellence, IPDO-Innovation Plaza, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd, Bachupalli, Qutubullapur, R. R. District, 500 072 Andhra Pradesh, India b Department of Chemistry, Yeshwant Mahavidhyalaya, Nanded 431 602, Maharashtra, India
Abstract:
An efficient and environmentally benign boric acid catalyzed protocol for the transesterification of ethyl acetoacetate with a variety of primary and secondary alcohols in good to excellent yields is described. The versatility of this transformation is demonstrated with problematic substrates such as propargyl alcohol and allyl alcohol, which are known to undergo Carroll rearrangement during transesterification.