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Oxidative Dimerization of Lithium-Enolates of Esters Promoted by Titanium Tetrachloride
Ojima, Iwao,Brandstadter, Stephan M.,Donovan, Robert J.
, p. 1591 - 1594 (1992)
Oxidative dimerization of lithium ester enolates is effectively promoted by TiCl4, which serves as a new and efficient synthetic method.Mechanistic study indicates that the reaction proceeds via a radical-like mechanism, but it is not a free radical process.
