Convenient in situ Generation of an Active Titanium(III)-Reagent for Stereoselective Pinacolisation of Aromatic Aldehydes

Authors

  • Helgard G. Raubenheimer Laboratorium für Organische Chemie Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ETH-Zentrum, Universitätstrasse 16 CH-8092 Zürich
  • Dieter Seebach Laboratorium für Organische Chemie Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ETH-Zentrum, Universitätstrasse 16 CH-8092 Zürich

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.1986.12

Abstract

Addition of butyllithium to titanium tetrachloride in diethylether produces a mixture capable of reducing the aromatic aldehydes RCHO (R = C6H5, p-MeC6H4, p-ClC6H4, or o-MeC6H4) stereoselectively to 1,2-diols (RCHOH)2 with relative topicity lk.

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Published

1986-01-31

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 1 (1986): Forschung/Research

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 1986 Helgard G. Raubenheimer

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How to Cite

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H. G. Raubenheimer, D. Seebach, Chimia 1986, 40, 12, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.1986.12.