361379-18-2Relevant articles and documents
One-carbon homologation of carboxylic acids via BtCH2TMS: A safe alternative to the Arndt-Eistert reaction
Katritzky,Zhang,Haleem,Hussein,Fang,Steel
, p. 5606 - 5612 (2007/10/03)
Carboxylic acids are converted into the corresponding homologated acids or esters, using easily available 1-(trimethylsilylmethyl)benzotriazole (1) as a one-carbon synthon. The effectiveness of the reaction has been investigated on six aryl and seven alkyl carboxylic acids.