A New Aromatic Annelation Reaction with Two Synthons, Enaminones and 3-Oxoglutarate. Studies on the β-Carbonyl Compounds Connected with β-Polyketides. VIII
Reactions of the enaminones 1 with dimethyl 3-oxoglutarate in the presence of KF-AcOH or AcONa-AcOH and 18-crown-6 gave the dimethyl 2-hydroxy-1, 3-benzenedicarboxylates 3, providing a new aromatic annelation reaction.