Formic Acid → Propionic Acid

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Reaction Steps

A compound of the formula (XX) reported by Harry H. Wasserman, Tetrahedron Letter, Vol. 33, No. 40, pp. 6003-6006, 1992 and the like is reacted with a compound of the formula (XXI) in the presence of an ammonium salt such as ammonium lower alkanecarboxylate (e.g., ammonium acetate, ammonium formate and the like) and an ammonium salt of inorganic acid (e.g., ammonium carbonate and the like), in an acidic solution of lower alkanecarboxylic acid such as formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid and the like to give a compound of the formula (XIX) (Step 12).

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