Jm. Khurana et A. Sehgal, RAPID PINACOLIZATION OF CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS WITH ALUMINUM-KOH, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (5), 1994, pp. 571-571
A rapid and convenient method is reported for the quantitative pinacol
ization of aromatic carbonyl compounds with aluminium powder and potas
sium hydroxide in methanol at ambient temperature.