The Wolff rearrangement of α-acetoxy diazo ketones
✍ Scribed by F.W. Bachelor; G.A. Miana
- Book ID
- 104240858
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1967
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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✦ Synopsis
The Wolff rearrangement of a-diazo ketones to prepare homologous acids or their derivatives has not been generally applied to the preparation of B-acetoxy acids. We have attempted to use this reaction to accomplish such a transformation but find that the major products are those resulting from g-elimination from the rearranged acid or its derivatives.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
Oxidation of the monohydrazones of a-diketones with yellow mercuric oxide in the presence of base is a weil-known method for the preparation of a-diazo ketones (1). Some years ago, the interestinq observation was made (2) that when this reaction was applied to I, the hydrazone of an a-ketoaldehyde,