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Phenanthrylalkanoic acids, V. A useful access to α-methylphenanthreneacetic acids
Balo,Fernandez,Gomez,Gonzalez,Lopez
, p. 967 - 969 (2007/10/02)
A very simple one-pot monomethylation of phenanthreneacetic acids 2 or of their methyl esters 1 yields α-methylphenanthreneacetic acids 3 in good yield. Alternatively, the process may be extended to the preparation of the corresponding α-arylisobutyric acids 4.
