Taillier Catherine, Bellosta Véronique, Meyer Christophe, Cossy Janine
Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, associé au CNRS, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Org Lett. 2004 Jun 24;6(13):2145-7. doi: 10.1021/ol049434f.
[reaction: see text] A chemoselective nucleophilic addition/Birch reduction process applied to omega-benzyloxy Weinreb amides led to omega-hydroxy ketones in good yields.