The effect of Lewis acids on the pinacol homocoupling reaction of aldehydes promoted by samarium diiodide

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3369-3374

  Annunziata, Rita ^a   Benaglia, Maurizio ^a   Cinquini, Mauro ^a   Raimondi, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

1,2 Diols; Carbonyl compounds; Lewis acid; Pinacol reaction; Samarium diiodide

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALDEHYDE; SAMARIUM; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; DECOMPOSITION; DIASTEREOISOMER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032734080     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0690(199912)1999:12<3369::aid-ejoc3369>3.3.co;2-g     Document Type: Article

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