The synthesis of carboxylic acids via an aldol-grob reaction sequence

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919908086445

Ketones react with aromatic aldehydes via a tandem Aldol-Grob reaction sequence. The reaction, initiated by boron trifluoride, produces a carboxylic acid fragment and can serve as an alternative to the Baeyer-Villiger reaction.

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The Synthesis of Carboxylic
Acids via an Aldol-Grob Reaction
Sequence
G. W. Kabalka a , N.-S. Li a , D. Tejedor a , R. R. Malladi a ,
X. Gao a & S. Trotman a
a Departments of Chemistry and Radiology, The University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996-1600
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To cite this article: G. W. Kabalka, N.-S. Li, D. Tejedor, R. R. Malladi, X. Gao & S. Trotman
(1999): The Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids via an Aldol-Grob Reaction Sequence, Synthetic
Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic
Chemistry, 29:16, 2783-2787
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