Volume 31, Issue 16
Preparative Organic Chemistry
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ChemInform Abstract: Reductive Coupling of Carbonyl Compounds Using Lanthanum Metal.

Toshiki Nishino

Toshiki Nishino

Dep. Appl. Chem., Fac. Eng., Kansai Univ., Suita, Osaka 564, Japan

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Yutaka Nishiyama

Yutaka Nishiyama

Dep. Appl. Chem., Fac. Eng., Kansai Univ., Suita, Osaka 564, Japan

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Noboru Sonoda

Noboru Sonoda

Dep. Appl. Chem., Fac. Eng., Kansai Univ., Suita, Osaka 564, Japan

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First published: 09 June 2010

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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.

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