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N-acyl-5,5-dimethyl-oxazolidin-2-ones as latent aldehyde equivalents

  • Jordi Bach*
  • , Steven D. Bull
  • , Stephen G. Davies
  • , Rebecca L. Nicholson
  • , Hitesh J. Sanganee
  • , Andrew D. Smith
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

N-acyl-5,5-dimethyl-oxazolidin-2-ones can function as versatile latent aldehyde equivalents - reductive cleavage with DIBAL-H affords aldehydes in good yield, while tandem DIBAL-H/Wittig methodology affords α,β-unsaturated esters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6677-6680
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume40
Issue number36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Sept 1999

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