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C-Acylation of Meldrum’s acid by (het)arylacetic acids in ethanol in the presence of 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole leads to ethyl 4-(het)aryl-3-oxobutanoates in high yields.
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Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 134–136, January, 2011.
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Shimkin, A.A., Shirinian, V.Z., Mailian, A.K. et al. Acylation of Meldrum’s acid with arylacetic acid imidazolides as a convenient method for the synthesis of 4-aryl-3-oxobutanoates. Russ Chem Bull 60, 139–142 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11172-011-0019-9
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