Dynamic kinetic resolution in the hydrolysis of an α-bromo ester

Abstract

Bromide can be employed to racemise an α-bromo ester more rapidly than the corresponding acid (carboxylate), and this rate difference has been employed as the basis of a dynamic kinetic resolution reaction.

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