V. Nair et al., OXIDATIVE ADDITION OF DIMETHYL MALONATE TO STYRENES MEDIATED BY CERIUM(IV) AMMONIUM-NITRATE - SOME NOVEL OBSERVATIONS, Synthetic communications, 27(17), 1997, pp. 3053-3064
The oxidative addition of dimethyl malonate to ring substituted styren
es leads to the formation of substituted dimethyl (2-oxo-2-phenylethyl
) malonate and methyl 2-oxo-5-phenyltetrahydrofuran-3-carboxylate alon
g with small amounts of substituted dimethyl [2-(nitrooxy)-2-phenyleth
yl] malonate and dimethyl 2-methoxy-2-phenylethyl) malonate. A tentati
ve mechanism which supports the formation of these products is also pr
esented.