Exerting control over the acyloin reaction.

Authors :: Donohoe TJ
Jahanshahi A
Tucker MJ
Bhatti FL
Roslan IA
Kabeshov M
Wrigley G
Source :: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) [Chem Commun (Camb)] 2011 May 28; Vol. 47 (20), pp. 5849-51. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Apr 18.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: A synthetic method for conducting the acyloin reaction using electron transfer in solution is reported. By linking two esters via their oxygen atoms, it was possible to perform crossed acyloin reactions between two different ester functionalities and display a high degree of preference for an intramolecular coupling process.<br /> (© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2011)