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The coupling of enolates through single-electron oxidation is one of the most direct routes for generating 1,4-dicarbonyls. Recent work on the intermolecular heterocoupling of equimolar amounts of two different enolates through single-electron oxidation has shown that synthetically useful yields beyond those predicted by statistics can be obtained. To determine the underlying basis for the selective formation of heterocoupled products, kinetic, 7Li NMR, and synthetic studies were performed. The collection of data obtained from these experiments shows that the selective formation of heterocoupled products is a consequence of heteroaggregation of lithium enolates.
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