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Oxidative decarboxylation of mandelate ethers and α-substituted phenylacetates via dioxetanone generation

…, C Alayrac, C Mioskowski, S Chandrasekhar, JR Falck

Index: Heckmann; Alayrac; Mioskowski; Chandrasekhar; Falck Tetrahedron Letters, 1992 , vol. 33, # 36 p. 5205 - 5208

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Abstract

Abstract Mandelate ethers are oxidatively decarboxylated via in situ generated dioxetanones using t BuOK and air at ambient temperature leading, after hydrolysis, to the benzoic acid and the corresponding alcohol. The reaction can be extended to α-substituted phenylacetates.

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