Y. Tanabe et al., Powerful Claisen condensation and Claisen-aldol tandem reaction of alpha,alpha-dialkylated esters promoted by ZrCl4-(Pr2NEt)-Pr-i, CHEM COMMUN, (17), 2001, pp. 1674-1675
Powerful Claisen ester condensations of alpha,alpha -dialkylated esters med
iated by ZrCl4-(Pr2NEt)-Pr-i were performed to give the corresponding therm
odynamically unfavorable alpha,alpha -dialkylated beta -ketoesters, and Cla
isen-aldol tandem reactions between an intermediary Zr-enolate of a a,a-dia
lkylated beta -ketoester and aldehydes also proceeded.