|
|||||
|
|
Selective Cleavage of Carboxylic Esters in the Presence of Monosubstituted Malonates |
|
| Authors: | Bogdan K Wilk |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry , University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh , PA, 15260, USA;2. Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Chemical Process Research and Development , Pearl River, NY, 10965 |
| Abstract: | Aliphatic carboxylic esters containing in the molecule a malonate moiety with an α-hydrogen undergo selective cleavage in the presence of potassium tertbutoxide in wet tetrahydrofuran. |
| Keywords: | |