Further evidences about the role of bis(thiazolin-2-ylidene)s as the actual catalytic species in the generalised benzoin condensation

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(96)01023-4

Applying our mechanistic hypothesis about the real catalytic species in the benzoin condensation catalysed by thiazosium salts plus bases, we have succeed in the extension to aldehydes different from formaldehyde of a previously described method of synthe