J. Maharevic et M. Zinic, REGIOSELECTIVE TRANSESTERIFICATIONS OF CYCLOHEXANONE DERIVATIVES CONTAINING BETA-KETO AND MALONIC ESTER MOIETIES, Croatica chemica acta, 71(3), 1998, pp. 817-825
The cyclohexanone derivatives 1-6 containing beta-ketoester and alpha-
disubstituted malonic ester moieties in the same molecule were found t
o undergo regioselective transesterifications with benzyl alcohol givi
ng exclusively beta-keto benzyl esters. On the contrary, the acyclic d
erivatives 9, 10 containing beta-ketoester and alpha-monosubstituted m
alonic ester groups gave mixtures of transesterified products under th
e same reaction conditions.