CHEMISTRY OF ORGANOLANTHANOIDS: LANTHANOID-CATALYZED TISHCHENKO CONDENSATION OF ALDEHYDES TO ESTERS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(85)87045-5

Ethyllanthanoid iodide complex, 'EtLnI', prepared from Ln (Ln=Pr, Nd, Sm) and EtI, have been found to serve as catalyst precursor for the Tischenko condensation of aldehydes such as benzaldehyde, p-chlorobenzaldehyde, p-tolualdehyde, p-anisaldehyde, and pivalaldehyde, to corresponding esters.