Subscribe to RSS
Please copy the URL and add it into your RSS Feed Reader.
https://www.thieme-connect.de/rss/thieme/en/10.1055-s-00000083.xml
Synlett 2011(10): 1381-1384
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260585
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260585
LETTER
© Georg Thieme Verlag
Stuttgart ˙ New York
Direct Synthesis of α-Keto Esters from Ethylbenzenes Using 48% Aqueous HBr by Aerobic Visible Light Photooxidation
Further Information
Publication History
Received
7 February 2011
Publication Date:
26 May 2011 (online)


Abstract
We report that ethylbenzenes can be directly oxidized to the corresponding α-keto esters with molecular oxygen in the presence of 48% aqueous HBr under visible light irradiation. This synthetic procedure is the first example for direct preparation of the corresponding α-keto esters from ethylbenzenes.
Key words
photooxidation - HBr - aerobic - ethylbenzene - α-keto ester