Used as a building block for the preparation of 4H-pyrans, 2-pyridones, furans and carbocyclics.
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• Active methylene compound, useful in heterocyclic synthesis, e.g. polyfunctional pyridines and pyrimidines: Synthesis, 775 (1989). Reaction with tosic anhydride, followed by diethyl aminomalonate provides a short, facile synthesis of 3-aminopyrrole-2-carboxylates: J. Org. Chem., 65, 2603 (2000):