Substituted benzaldehydes in the darzens condensation with alkyl dihaloacetates

Abstract

The Darzens reaction of dihaloacetic acid esters with aromatic aldehydes produces either arylhaloglycidic or arylhalopyruvic esters depending on the nature of the substituent in the aromatic ring. Alkyl p- methoxyphenylchloropyruvates undergo spontaneous intermolecular cyclocondensation to form pyranone or furanone derivatives depending on the character of the alkyl fragment. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.