Elsevier, Tetrahedron Letters, 3(41), p. 293-297
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(99)02047-x
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The one-pot synthesis of ten 5-carboxyisoxazoles from the cyclocondensation of β-alkoxyvinyl trichloromethyl ketones [CCl3C(O)C(R2)C(R1)OR, where R1, R2=H, Me and R=Me, Et] and 2-trichloroacetyl cyclohexanone with hydroxylamine is reported. This work shows that the trichloromethyl group attached to β-alkoxyvinyl trichloromethyl ketones (a heterocyclic CCC building block) is an excellent carboxyl group precursor.