Electrochemical Deacetylation of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds

Abstract

Abstract Mild deacetylation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds was achieved by halonium-ion mediated electrolysis. In this reaction, the supporting electrolyte including sodium halide NaX (X = Cl or Br) was essential since the reaction proceeded through substitution by a halonium ion, generated electrochemically at anode, on active methine carbons followed by base-catalyzed deacetylation, and was terminated by reductlve dehalogenation of the formed α-halo carbonyl compounds at cathode.