Issue 57, 2015
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Simple and expeditious pinacol coupling of non usual α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in water†‡

Muriel Billamboz,a   Nicolas Sotto,a   Carole Chevrin-Villettea  and  Christophe Len*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Sorbonne Universités, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale, EA 4297 Transformations Intégrées de la Matière Renouvelable, Centre de Recherches de Royallieu, F-60205 Compiègne cedex, France
E-mail: christophe.len@utc.fr
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b Departement of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull 6 HU6 7RX, UK

Abstract

Using zinc (0) in a 5% v AcOH aqueous solution allowed the efficient pinacol coupling of aliphatic or aromatic unusual, α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds such as citral A in good to excellent yields (56–99%). It can also be successfully applied to acetophenone.

Graphical abstract: Simple and expeditious pinacol coupling of non usual α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in water

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA03870G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Mar 2015
Accepted
15 May 2015
First published
15 May 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 46026-46030

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Simple and expeditious pinacol coupling of non usual α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in water

M. Billamboz, N. Sotto, C. Chevrin-Villette and C. Len, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 46026 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA03870G

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