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A method was developed for the preparation of acetoxyacetaldehyde (60% yield) by the hydrolysis of 1-ethoxy-1, 2-diacetoxyethane. Acetoxyacetaldehyde oligomerizes even at room temperature.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1630–1631, July, 1976.
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Keiko, N.A., Musorina, T.N., Tkacheva, I.A. et al. Synthesis of acetoxyacetaldehyde. Russ Chem Bull 25, 1545–1546 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00920840
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