The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Lithium tungsten dioxide promoted Claisen-Tishchenko condensation of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes

G Villacorta, J San Filippo Jr

Index: Villacorta, Gilberto M.; Filippo, Joseph San Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1983 , vol. 48, # 8 p. 1151 - 1154

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Abstract

Nearly a century has passed since Claisen2 discovered the alkoxide-induced condensation of benzaldehyde to benzyl benzoate. Somewhat later, Tishchenko3 demonstrated that a similar condensation obtains with aliphatic aldehydes. Still later, Nord and co-workers* observed that, depending on the basicity of the metal alkoxide, the Claisen-Tishchenko condensation of simple aliphatic aldehydes bearing an a-hydrogen can also lead to glycol ...