A novel, solventless reductive coupling of carbonyl compounds by alkali metals, catalysed by bromobenzene.
Catalysed by bromobenzene, alkali metals including Li, Na, and K can mediate the reductive coupling of carbonyl compounds under mild, solventless conditions to furnish the corresponding pinacol products.
Zhao
Hui
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Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China.
Li
De-Jin
DJ
Deng
Lan
L
Liu
Lei
L
Guo
Qing-Xiang
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