title: Exerting control over the acyloin reaction.
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.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK. timothy.donohoe@chem.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Donohoe
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jahanshahi
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: Farrah L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Bhatti
authors.forename: Ishmael A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Roslan
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kabeshov
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wrigley
mesh_terms: D004579:Electron Transport; D004952:Esters; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry*; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D004952:Esters; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; C011159:acyloin; D008094:Lithium