PINACOL COUPLING OF AROMATIC-ALDEHYDES CATALYZED BY A TITANOCENE COMPLEX - A TRANSITION-METAL-CATALYZED RADICAL REACTION

Authors
GANSAUER A
Citation
A. Gansauer, PINACOL COUPLING OF AROMATIC-ALDEHYDES CATALYZED BY A TITANOCENE COMPLEX - A TRANSITION-METAL-CATALYZED RADICAL REACTION, Chemical communications, (5), 1997, pp. 457-458
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemical communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
13597345
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
457 - 458
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-7345(1997):5<457:PCOACB>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A trinuclear complex derived from titanocene chloride and magnesium br omide is an efficient catalyst for the pinacol coupling of aromatic al dehydes; the 1,2-diols are obtained with good diastereoselectivity and a wide variety of sensitive functional groups are tolerated.