Facile and Inexpensive Synthesis of 4-Oxoalkanoic Acids from Primary Nitroalkanes and Acrolein

Abstract
4-Oxoalkanoic acids, useful organic compounds, are easily prepared by conjugate addition of primary aliphatic nitro compounds to acrolein on alumina surface, in the absence of a solvent, and subsequent oxidation with hydrogen peroxide/potassium carbonate.

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