Efficient acetalisation of aldehydes catalyzed by titanium tetrachloride in a basic medium

Tetrahedron

Volumn 54, Issue 51, 1998, Pages 15679-15690

  Clerici, Angelo ^a   Pastori, Nadia ^a   Porta, Ombretta ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAL; ALDEHYDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE; KETONE; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ACETYLATION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032542150     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00982-X     Document Type: Article

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