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Chemical Communications

A novel, solventless reductive coupling of carbonyl compounds by alkali metals, catalysed by bromobenzene

Hui Zhao,a   De-Jin Li,a   Lan Deng,a   Lei Liu†*a  and  Qing-Xiang Guo*a  

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a Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P. R. China
E-mail: qxguo@ustc.edu.cn
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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.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B210966B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Nov 2002
Accepted
15 Jan 2003
First published
23 Jan 2003

Chem. Commun., 2003, 506-507

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A novel, solventless reductive coupling of carbonyl compounds by alkali metals, catalysed by bromobenzene

H. Zhao, D. Li, L. Deng, L. Liu and Q. Guo, Chem. Commun., 2003, 506 DOI: 10.1039/B210966B

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