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Zinc promoted addition of methyl 2,2-dihalocarboxylates to carbonyl compounds
Benincasa, Marta,Forti, Luca,Ghelfi, Franco,Libertini, Emanuela,Pagnoni, Ugo M.
, p. 4113 - 4122 (2007/10/03)
Methyl 2,2-dihalocarboxylates add easily to carbonyl compounds in fair to good yields through the intermediate formation of 2-haloester enolates; the reaction is promoted by zinc, following a "Barbier" type procedure.