Halogeno-y-lactones

Keto-y-iactones s. y-Halogeno-y -keto-y-lactones Ketols s. Hydroxyketones N-Ketomethylpyridinium salts... 

A mixture of phenylacetic acid, benzyl alcohol, and tri-n-butylamine in methylene chloride added under argon to a mixture of l-methyl-2-bromopyridinium iodide and methylene chloride, and refluxed 3 hrs. benzyl phenylacetate. Y 97%. F. e., also with l-methyl-2-chloropyridinium iodide, s. T. Mukaiyama et al., Chem. Lett. 1975, 1045 Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 50, 1863 (1977) carboxylic acid amides from amines (cf. Synth. Meth. 26, 367) s. ibid. 1975, 1163 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrido-[1,2-a]pyrimid-2-one as acid scavenger cf. ibid. 1976, 13, 57 lactones from hydroxycarboxylic acids (cf. Synth. Meth. 17, 320) with 2-chloropyridine methio-dide and triethylamine s. ibid. 1976, 49 esters with 2 halogeno-3-ethylbenzothia-zolium salts of ibid. 1976, 267 2-chloro-N-methylbenzothiazolium triflate as condensing agent s. F. Souto-Bachiller, G. S. Bates, and S. Masamune, Chem. Com-mun. 1976, 719. 

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