The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Polyvalent iodine in synthesis. 1. An efficient route to isopropylidene arylmalonates (5-aryl-substituted Meldrum's acid)

Z Chen, Y Jin, PJ Stang

Index: Chen, Zhen-Chu; Jin, You-Yuan; Stang, Peter J. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1987 , vol. 52, # 18 p. 4115 - 4117

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Abstract

4.8 mmol) was dissolved in a mixture of dry CH30H (40 mL) and CH2C12 (80 mL). The solution was cooled to -70 "C in a dry ice-acetone bath and ozone was passed through the mixture until a deep blue coloration developed. The solution was stirred for 5 min and the excess ozone was