HINDERED ORGANOBORON GROUPS IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS. 13. THE DIRECT PRODUCTION OF KETONES FROM ALIPHATIC ALDEHYDES BY A UNIQUE VARIANT OF THE BORON-WITTIG REACTION

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)93820-1

In the presence of trifluoroacetic anhydride or N-chlorosuccinimide, aliphatic aldehydes react with dimesitylboron stabilised carbanions to give after work up, the corresponding ketones, a process wich is unique among Wittig type reactions.Yields of ketones are satisfactory in all cases except those involving the anion derived from the parent compound dimesitylmethylborane, wich give the corresponding alkenes.