An Essentially Mild and Efficient Catalyst System for the Activation of Carbonyl Compounds and Their Derivatives. The Combined Use of Trimethylsilyl Chloride and Tin(II) Chloride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1987.463

An essentially mild and efficient catalyst system, the combined use of trimethylsilyl chloride and tin(II) chloride, is effectively employed for the activation of acetals, aldehydes, orthoesters, and α,β-unsaturated ketones to accomplish the reaction with