S. Kashimura et al., ELECTROORGANIC CHEMISTRY .148. CATHODIC COUPLING OF ALIPHATIC ESTERS - USEFUL REACTION FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF 1,2-DIKETONE AND ACYLOIN, Tetrahedron letters, 36(27), 1995, pp. 4805-4808
It has been found in this study that electroreduction of aliphatic est
er (1) with Mg electrode leads to the formation of the corresponding 1
,2-diketone under aprotic conditions, whereas bis(trimethylsilyloxy)al
kene is afforded through acyloin condensation when the reduction is ca
rried out in the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane.