A Facile, Efficient Route to Methyl α-Hydroxymethylacrylate and Methyl α-Halomethylacrylates
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 17 (3) , 291-297
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918708077309
Abstract
DABCO-catalysed coupling of formaldehyde and methyl acrylate provides the title hydroxy compound. Treatment with HBr conveniently affords the key synthetic intermediate methyl α-bromomethylacrylate in good overall yield.Keywords
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