The Journal of organic chemistry

Oxidation of methyl trimethylsilyl ketene acetals to α-hydroxyesters with urea hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by methyltrioxorhenium

S Stankovic, JH Espenson

Index: Stankovic, Sasa; Espenson, James H. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2000 , vol. 65, # 18 p. 5528 - 5530

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Abstract

In the presence of catalytic amounts of MTO, methyltrioxorhenium, methyl trimethylsilyl ketene acetals are oxidized with urea hydrogen peroxide to afford α-hydroxy and α-siloxy esters. On treatment with potassium fluoride, the α-hydroxy esters are obtained in high yields.

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