A One‐Pot Radical Addition/Fragmentation Route to Ketones and Esters.

Abstract A simple one-pot procedure has been developed that combines carboncarbon bond formation via a radical addition to either substituted enol ethers or ketene acetals, with a subsequent fragmentation reaction to yield ketones and esters. The ‘masked’ methyl carbonyl radical acceptors discovered in this work are either commercially available or easily prepared in one to two steps.