ChemInform Abstract: Reductive Coupling of Carbonyl Compounds Using Lanthanum Metal.
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Treatment of carbonyl compounds with lanthanum metal in the presence of a catalytic amount of iodine affords the corresponding vicinal diols in moderate to good yields after reductive coupling.