N-Heterocyclic carbenes catalyzed hydrophosphonylation reaction of α-ketoesters and α-trifluoromethyl ketones was developed. Under the catalysis of 10 mol% IPr, α-ketoesters or α-trifluoromethyl ketones reacted with dialkyl phosphites to provide quaternary α-hydroxyphosphonates in good to excellent yield.

General catalytic asymmetric routes toward cyclopentanoid and cycloheptanoid core structures embedded in numerous natural products have been developed. The central stereoselective transformation in our divergent strategies is the enantioselective decarboxylative alkylation of seven-membered β-ketoesters to form α-quaternary vinylogous esters. Recognition of the unusual reactivity of β-hydroxyke...

transesterification, one of the most effective methods for ester synthesis, is usually conducted under acid or basicconditions. although quite a few methods have been reported for transesterification, they are not general as far asp-ketoesters are concerned. some of these methods used toxic, expensive reagents and in relatives large amount. inthis research, transesterification reaction six type...

The first example of catalytic asymmetric 1,2-addition of arylboronic acids to heteroaryl α-ketoesters has been developed for the highly efficient and enantioselective synthesis of quaternary carbon-containing heteroaromatic α-hydroxy esters. The reaction works well with a variety of α-ketoesters including 3-indoleglyoxylates, 3-benzofuranglyoxylates and 3-benzothiopheneglyoxylates under very m...