Production of alkyl-5-substituted-3-furoate compounds.

摘要

A process is disclosed for the production of alkyl-5-substituted-3-furoate compounds of the general formula:
<Chemistry id="chema01" num="0001"><Image id="ia01" he="33" wi="77" file="IMGA0001.TIF" imgContent="chem" imgFormat="TIFF" inline="no" /></Chemistry>in which R<Sub>1</Sub> is phenyl or an unsubstituted or substituted aryl which substituent will not adversely affect the reaction and R<Sub>2</Sub> is a lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms employing alkyl-4-oxo-5-substituted-pentanoate as a starting material.