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Ytterbium Metal-promoted Novel Cross-coupling Reaction between Diaryl Ketones and Electrophiles
Hou, Zhaomin,Takamine, Kan,Aoki, Osamu,Shiraishi, Hiroyuki,Fujiwara, Yuzo,Taniguchi, Hiroshi
, p. 668 - 670 (2007/10/02)
In the presence of Yb metal, diaryl ketones react nucleophilically with octan-2-one, acetonitrile, epoxides, and CO2 to give the corresponding unsymmetrical pinacols, α-hydroxy ketones, 1,3-diols, and α-hydroxy carboxylic acids, respectively.