J. H. Babler
1987
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Synthetic Communications
Abstract
Abstract α, α - Diethoxyacetaldehyde hydrate (5) was synthesized in >40% overall yield from commercially available 3-ethoxyacrylonitrile (1). The key step involved esterification of potassium acetate using 2-bromo-3, 3-diethoxypropanenitrile (2) and a crown ether catalyst.