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Synthesis of α-Hydroxy Ketones by Direct, Low-Temperature, in Situ Nucleophilic Acylation of Aldehydes and Ketones by Acyllithium Reagents
Seyferth, Dietmar,Weinstein, Robert M.,Hui, Richard C.,Wang, Wei-Liang,Archer, Colin M.
, p. 5620 - 5629 (1992)
The reaction of n-, sec-, and tert-butyllithium with CO at atmospheric pressure at -110 and -135 deg C in the appropriate solvent system in the presence of ketones and aldehydes generates the acyllithium, RC(O)Li, which reacts with the carbonyl compound to give the α-hydroxy ketone, generally in good yield.Reactions with aldehydes are limited in scope, working well with the t-BuLi-derived acyllithium reagents, but not with n-BuC(O)Li.
