| Literature DB >> 15876019 |
Helen C Aspinall1, Nicholas Greeves, Carine Valla.
Abstract
A complex of samarium diiodide (SmI(2)) with tetraglyme catalyzes the intermolecular pinacol coupling of aromatic or aliphatic aldehydes at loadings of 10 mol % in the presence of Me(2)SiCl(2) and Mg. Diastereoselectivity of up to 95/5 (+/-/meso) has been achieved for aliphatic aldehydes and up to 19/81 (+/-/meso) for aromatic aldehydes. De values of up to 99% have been achieved in intramolecular pinacol coupling reactions using the SmI(2)/tetraglyme/Mg/Me(2)SiCl(2) catalytic system.Entities:
Year: 2005 PMID: 15876019 DOI: 10.1021/ol050256f
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005