Facile synthesis of α-hydroxy amides and esters by direct autoxidation of their titanium enolates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1994-25524

The autoxidation of titanium enolates 2, derived from amides and esters 1, afforded either directly the corresponding α-hydroxy carbonyl compounds 3 or, by variation of the reaction conditions, the γ-hydroxy β-keto ester 4 from ester 1g in good yields (64