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Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (5): 784-786.

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Reduction of Aromatic α-Keto Esters by Commercially Available Zinc Dust and Ammonium Formate: Formation of Aromatic α-Hydroxy Esters

CHEN Gang, YAO Guo-xin, SONG Guang-wei and ZHU Jin-tao*   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, P. R. China
  • Received:2010-11-15 Revised:2011-05-21 Online:2011-09-25 Published:2011-09-06
  • Contact: ZHU Jin-tao E-mail:zhujintao1968@zstu.edu.cn

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Abstract: Various aromatic α-keto esters were rapidly and selectively reduced to aromatic α-hydroxy esters by commercially available zinc dust and ammonium formate in the presence of other functional groups such as halogens, methoxy and esters.

Key words: Aromatic α-keto ester, Zinc dust, Ammonium formate, Aromatic α-hydroxy ester