Tellurium-koh mediated rapid pinacolization of carbonyl compounds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919708003371

A rapid and convenient method is reported for the quantitative pinacolization of aromatic carbonyl compounds with tellurium powder and potassium hydroxide in methanol at ambient temperature.

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Tellurium-KOH Mediated Rapid
Pinacolization of Carbonyl
Compounds
Rahat H Khan a b , Raj K Mathur a & Anil C Ghosh a
a Organic Chemistry Division , Regional Research
Laboratory , Jorhat, 785 006, Assam, India
b Indian Institute of Petroleum , Dehradun, 248 005
Published online: 22 Aug 2006.
To cite this article: Rahat H Khan , Raj K Mathur & Anil C Ghosh (1997) Tellurium-KOH
Mediated Rapid Pinacolization of Carbonyl Compounds, Synthetic Communications: An
International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 27:13,
2193-2196, DOI: 10.1080/00397919708003371
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