. alpha.-Alkoxyacrylic acids from. alpha.-keto acids

RB Bates, S Caldera

Index: Bates, Robert B.; Caldera, Sriyani Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1993 , vol. 58, # 24 p. 6920 - 6921

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Abstract

Success in making and alkylating the dianion from 2, 3-dimethyl-l, 3-butadiene'prompted us to try analogous chemistrywith dianions 2. We wish to report that dianions 2 can be prepared in high concentration from the corresponding a-keto acids 1 and that their methylation and primary alkylation on oxygen provide good routes to a-alkoxyacrylic acids 3.