Abstract
Ultrasound promoted Reformatsky reaction by the reaction of aldehydes or ketone with ethyl bromoacetate in the presence of indium metal afforded β-hydroxyesters in good to excellent yields under mild conditions.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was supported by Korea Research Foundation Grant (KRF-99-005-D00048). The gas chromatograms were provided by GC facility, supported by Research Center for Advanced Mineral Aggregate Composite Products.