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Regiospecificity in the Alkylation of Ester Enolates: Synthesis of Sterically Hindered Diarylketene Acetals
O'Neill, P.,Hegarty, A, F.
, p. 2113 - 2114 (2007/10/02)
The alkylation of the enolates of methyl bis(pentamethylphenyl)acetate and of isopropyl bis(pentachlorophenyl)acetate occurs exclusively on oxygen to yield the diarylketene acetals; the extreme steric hindrance of these groups is also responsible for the stability of these ketene acetals in acid.
