
%0 Journal Article
%A Pinhey, JT 
%A Rowe, BA 
%T The chemistry of aryllead(IV) tricarboxylates. Reaction with &#946;-keto esters: a convenient route to &#945;-arylated ketones
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1980/01/01
%V 33
%N 1
%P 113-120
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9800113
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9800113 
%X Ethyl 2-oxocyclopentanecarboxylate (1a) and p-methoxyphenyllead triacetate (2a) react in chloroformcontaining pyridine to give ethyl 1-(p-methoxyphenyl)-2-oxocyclopentanecarboxylate (1b) in almost quantitative yield. This arylation reaction of &#946;-keto esters has been examined with a variety of substrates and a number of aryllead triacetates and in all but one case in which the keto ester contained only one &#945;-hydrogen the &#945;-arylated &#946;-keto ester was obtained in excellent yield. With ethyl acetoacetate both mono- and di-arylated products were obtained and yields were somewhat lower. 
