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Diastereoselectivity of the O-Methylation of Sterically Hindered β-Ketocarboxylates and Their Enols
Buss, Monika,Meier, Herbert
, p. 939 - 941 (2007/10/02)
The enols 1a,b and 1c, which exists almost completely in the keto form, have been methylated at the oxygen atom with diazomethanes.The regioselective reaction can be catalyzed by methanol, but may loose in that case the diastereoselectivity.A comparison w
