title: Room temperature-stable electride as a synthetic organic reagent: application to pinacol coupling reaction in aqueous media.
abstract: Room temperature-stable inorganic electride [Ca(24)Al(28)O(68)](4+)4e(-) was employed for a pinacol coupling reaction in aqueous media. Ca-Al-O gel formed by the destruction of the crystal structure of an electride by water media played a key role in transferring the electron to electrophilic aldehydes. Aromatic aldehydes reacted smoothly with moderate to high yields.
authors.affiliation: Frontier Collaborative Research Center and Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
authors.forename: Haritha
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Buchammagari
authors.forename: Yoshitake
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosono
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Kohtaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Osakada