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• 1501-04-8 Methyl 4-benzoylbutanoate 
• 72853-47-5 5-hydroxy-5-phenyl-pent-2-enoic acid methyl ester 
• 100-52-7 benzaldehyde 
• 85636-50-6 1-(trimethylsiloxy)-1-methoxy-1,3-butadiene 
• 1501-05-9 5-oxo-5-phenylvaleric acid 
• 67-56-1 methanol 
• 335645-38-0 2-(3-chloropropyl)-2-ethoxy-1,3-dioxolane 
• 74900-27-9 1-(3-chloropropyl)-4-methyl-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane 

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• 10413-17-9 6-phenyltetrahydropyran-2-one 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Enzyme mediated kinetic resolution of δ-hydroxy-α,β-unsaturated esters as a route to optically active δ-lactones

A novel synthetic route to optically active saturated and unsaturated δ-lactones based on enzymatic kinetic resolution and ring-closing metathesis reactions has been proposed. The influence of temperature, co-solvent, organic additives and the substrate s

Reduction of aromatic and aliphatic keto esters using sodium borohydride/MeOH at room temperature: a thorough investigation

Reduction of keto esters is a valuable alternative to produce diols. Sodium borohydride/MeOH system at room temperature and short reaction time efficiently reduced α, β, γ, and δ-keto esters having α-keto esters as the most reactive. The ester functionality was reduced effectively due to the presence of oxo group that somehow facilitates the formation of ring intermediate. As expected, the chemoselective experiments showed that ester functionality was not reduced using this system. This study presents a simple, easy, and benign reduction process of various keto esters to its corresponding diols.

Masked ω-lithio ester enolates: Synthetic applications

The protocol of lithiation by means of lithium and a catalytic (5% molar) amount of DTBB (4,4'-di-tert-butylbiphenyl), applied to ω-chloro ortho ester 6 under Barbier-type conditions gives, after final acid-catalyzed methanolysis, the corresponding functionalized esters 8 or 9 (for chlorotrimethylsilane as electrophile) or, after ortho ester deprotection and acid catalyzed treatment, the δ-lactones 11. The procedure is also practical for bicyclic ortho esters 14: the β-chloro OBO ester derivate generates the γ-lactones 15 and the γ-chloro OBO ester gives corresponding esters 8.

Titanocene-catalysed, selective reduction of ketones in aqueous media. A safe, mild, inexpensive procedure for the synthesis of secondary alcohols via radical chemistry

We report here a novel procedure for the reduction of ketones to secondary alcohols using catalytic quantities of commercially available Cp2TiCl2, inexpensive Zn dust and water as proton source. Mechanistically the reaction presumably proceeds via titanoxy radicals. In practice this reduction process has significant advantages: it shows an interesting selectivity pattern, takes place under mild conditions using safe, cheap reagents and does not require anhydrous solvents. The proton-donor activity of water under these conditions avoids the use of the frequently poisonous hydrogen-atom donors generally required to reduce free radicals. This procedure is also highly convenient for synthesising deuterium-labelled alcohols employing relatively inexpensive D2O as deuterium source.

Masked β-, γ- and δ-lithium ester enolates: Useful reagents in organic synthesis

The reaction of ω-chloro orthoesters 1 with lithium and a catalytic amount of 4,4′-di-tert-butylbiphenyl (DTBB, 5% molar) in the presence of different electrophiles [ButCHO, PhCHO, (CH2)5CO, Et2CO, PhCOMe, PhCH=NPh, Me3SiCl] in THF at -78°C leads, after hydrolysis and acid-catalysed methanolysis, to functionalised methyl esters 2. In the case of chlorotrimethylsilane, hydroxyethyl esters 2′ are isolated. The reaction is also applied to bicyclic orthoesters 3: whereas β-chloro derivatives and carbonyl compounds gives directly γ-lactones 4 after hydrolysis, the corresponding γ-chloro derivative affords the expected methyl esters after methanolysis.