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DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1083333
A Clean, Facile, and Stereospecific Synthesis of α-Oxoketene O,S-Acetals in Water
Publication History
Publication Date:
27 January 2009 (online)

Abstract
A facile and practical method for the stereospecific synthesis of α-oxoketene O,S-acetals in water has been developed. Catalyzed by tetrabutylammonium bromide at room temperature, the one-pot reaction of various β-dicarbonyl compounds, 2-bromoethanol, and carbon disulfide, in the presence of potassium carbonate, leads to the corresponding α-oxoketene O,S-acetals stereospecifically in good to excellent yields. The catalyst in the aqueous phase can be recycled after the separation of the organic products.
Key words
α-oxoketene O,S-acetals - one-pot synthesis - stereospecificity - tetrabutylammonium bromide - water
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