(Z)-Methyl 2-methoxyimino-3-oxobutanoate

The title compound, C6H9NO4, was prepared stereoselectively as a precursor for 1-azadienes in a study of hetero-Diels–Alder reactions. The configuration of the C=N double bond was found to be Z, corroborating earlier assignments of similar compounds based only on NMR and IR spectroscopic a...

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Main Authors: Hans-Dieter Arndt, Hans Preut, Wei-Zheng Shen, Jin-Yong Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2008-03-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536808004376