Kadyrov R. Hydrogenolysis of Carboxylic Ortho Esters.
J Org Chem 2022;
87:12673-12676. [PMID:
36075056 DOI:
10.1021/acs.joc.2c01116]
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Abstract
It is demonstrated for the first time that carboxylic ortho esters may be reduced to acetals using hydrogen as the reducing agent. Hydrogenolysis was performed under mild conditions over commercially available hydrogenation catalysts (5% Pd/C and 5% Pt/C). The present method is especially useful for the selective transformation of carboxylic acids and lactones into acetals.
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