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Reductive pinacol coupling of aromatic carbonyl compounds catalytic in chromium(II)
Svato?, Ale?,Boland, Wilhelm
, p. 549 - 551 (1998)
Reductive coupling of aromatic and heteroaromatic aldehydes and ketones bearing different functional groups to pinacols is effectively catalysed with 1-5 mol % of Cr(II) salts or chromocene in THF/DMF mixtures in the presence of manganese powder and trialkyl chlorosilanes. Excellent dl selectivity can be achieved albeit with lower yield using trialkylsilyl chlorides with bulky substituents.
