Alkylation of aromatic aldehydes with boron halide derivatives
[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.
Kabalka
GW
Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-1600, USA. kabalka@utk.edu
Wu
Z
Trotman
SE
Gao
X