2-Propenoic acid, 2-(acetyloxy)-, methyl ester → (S)-methyl 2-methylcarbonyloxypropanoate

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In a 50 ml Schlenk vessel, Rh(nbd)2BF4 (5.2 mg, 1 mol %) and the diphosphine ligand (1 mol %) were dissolved in MeOH (10 ml) under argon. After all of the rhodium complex had gone into solution, methyl 2-acetoxyacrylate (200 mg, 1.39 mmol) was added. The Schienk vessel was subsequently connected via a three-way stopcock with a hydrogen balloon and an oil pump and the inert gas atmosphere was replaced by hydrogen. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 20 h and the solvent was then distilled off in an oil pump vacuum. The residue was purified by bulb tube distillation. The ester (S)-8 was obtained as a colorless oil in quantitative yield.

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