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Synthetic and catalytic intermediates in a magnesium promoted Tishchenko reaction
Day, Benjamin M.,Knowelden, William,Coles, Martyn P.
, p. 10930 - 10933 (2012)
Magnesium-aryloxide and -amide compounds supported by amidinate ligands are accessible in two-steps from a suitable Grignard reagent. Both species are active for the dimerization of benzaldehyde. The slower initiation by the aryloxide was exploited in the isolation of a bis-mesitylaldehyde adduct.
