A general method for the formation of zinc enolate equivalents from iodoacetates by diisopropylzinc-iodine exchange reaction: Preparation of beta-hydroxy esters
I. Sato et al., A general method for the formation of zinc enolate equivalents from iodoacetates by diisopropylzinc-iodine exchange reaction: Preparation of beta-hydroxy esters, B CHEM S J, 73(12), 2000, pp. 2825-2826
Diisopropylzine is found to be a highly efficient reagent for the formation
of zinc enolate equivalents from various iodoacetates via iodine-zinc exch
ange reaction at room temperature, affording beta -hydroxy esters in high y
ields by the reaction with aldehydes and ketones.