S. Manfredini
1988
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
Abstract Ethyl 2,4-dioxoalkanoates react chemoselectively with pyrrolidine acetate at the more electrophilic C-2 carbonyl, producing enaminone esters which on reduction with NaCNBH4 followed by pyrrolidine elimination, were transformed into γ-oxo-acrylates.