Reactions at the end of a tether

Abstract

[...]motifs could, in principle, be assembled using the strategies discussed above, except that the starting material would not be a simple aldehyde, but a 1,3-diketone - a compound in which two carbonyl groups are separated by a single carbon atom (Fig. 1b). [...]the equilibrium state of the interconversion process ensures that most of the molecules are enol-containing isomers.