ChemInform Abstract: Titanium(IV) Enolates of 2-Nitrocarboxylic Esters and Their Oxidative Chlorination. A Convenient Route to α-Chloro-α-nitrocarboxylates.
Abstract
The novel method involves oxidative chlorination of titanium(IV) enolates derived from esters (I) and (III) in the presence ammonium nitrate.