Hurst, Timothy E.Deichert, Julie A.Kapeniak, LucasLee, RolandHarris, JesseJessop, Philip G.Snieckus, Victor2020-10-162022-05-312022-05-312019Timothy E. Hurst, Julie A. Deichert, Lucas Kapeniak, Roland Lee, Jesse Harris, Philip G. Jessop and Victor Snieckus. Sodium Methyl Carbonate as an Effective C1 Synthon. Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids, Benzophenones, and Unsymmetrical Ketones, Organic letters, (2019) 21, 11, 3882-3885https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1940Reported is the synthesis of carboxylic acids, symmetrical ketones, and unsymmetrical ketones with selectivity achieved by exploiting the differential reactivity of sodium methyl carbonate with Grignard and organolithium reagents.enAll Rights Reservedsodium methyl carbonatesynthesis of symmetrical ketonesunsymmetrical ketonesGrignard reagentsorganolithiumC1 synthonalkyl metal carbonatescarboxylic acidsbenzophenonesSodium methyl carbonate as an effective C1 synthon. Synthesis of carboxylic acids, benzophenones, and unsymmetrical ketonesArticlehttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00773