QUELQUES ASPECTS DE LA REACTIVITE DE L'α-CHLORO α-ETHOXYMETHYLTRIBUTYLETAIN: ETHERIFICATION REDUCTRICE DES ALDEHYDES AROMATIQUES ET MISE EN EVIDENCE DE FORMYLTRIBUTYLETAIN LORS DE LA REACTION D'HYDROLYSE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)99500-7

α-Chloro-α-ethoxymethyltributyltin reacts with aromatic aldehydes and leads to benzyl ethyl ethers with formation of tributyltin chloride and carbon monoxide.Analogously the formation of ethoxymethyltributyltin and tributyltyn chloride on hydrolysis of this new organometallic reagent is explained by a process involving formyltributyltin as an unstable intermediate.This explanation is supported by the observation of an electronic spectrum between 350 and 450 nm during the hydrolysis.