title: Alkylation of aromatic aldehydes with boron halide derivatives
abstract: [reaction: see text] Aryl aldehydes react with alkylboron chloride derivatives in the presence of base to generate the corresponding arylalkylmethanols in good yields. A variety of alkylboron chlorides can be utilized in the new alkylation reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-1600, USA. kabalka@utk.edu
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kabalka
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Trotman
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao