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Yb/TMS-Br promoted homocoupling reactions of aliphatic ketones and α,β-unsaturated ketones
Taniguchi, Yuki,Nakahashi, Manabu,Kuno, Tatsuhiro,Tsuno, Masumi,Makioka, Yoshikazu,Takaki, Ken,Fujiwara, Yuzo
, p. 4111 - 4114 (1994)
Ytterbium metal reacts with trimethylsilyl bromide (TMS-Br) to give divalent YbBr2. YbBr2 thus formed in situ, causes coupling reactions of aliphatic ketones and α,β-unsaturated ketones to give bissilylated 1,2-diols and 1,6-ketones, respectively, in good yields.
