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A novel, solventless reductive coupling of carbonyl compounds by alkali metals, catalysed by bromobenzene
Hui Zhao1, De-Jin Li, Lan Deng
1Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|March 18, 2003
Abstract:
Catalysed by bromobenzene, alkali metals including Li, Na, and K can mediate the reductive coupling of carbonyl compounds under mild, solventless conditions to furnish the corresponding pinacol products.