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Cerium(III) chloride remarkably increases the rates of formation and yields of ketones in the reaction of lithium carboxylates with organolithiums
Ahn, Yoonmo,Cohen, Theodore
, p. 203 - 206 (2007/10/02)
The presence of CeCl3 greatly increases the yield of ketones in the reaction of organolithiums with lithium carboxylates. The CE(III) suppresses the enolization of the lithium carboxylate, previously unrecognized as a competing reaction except in special cases, and the formation of tertiary alcohols. One of the reasons for the latter effect is a surprising increase in the rate of addition of the organometallic to the lithium carboxylate in the presence of Ce(III).
