Abstract
A reliable, reproducible, general, and detailed procedure for the alkylation of dimethyl-1,3-acetonedicarboxylate is described.
Acknowledgments
This research was supported by a Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research No. 27610-E from CONACYT, México. The authors thank Professor J. Muchowski and Dr. N. Zúñiga for helpful discussions, We thank Messrs. R. Gaviño, R. Patiño, L. Velasco, and F. J. Pérez for running the spectra.