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A convenient method for the preparation of symmetrical or unsymmetrical ethers by the coupling of two alcohols via a new type of oxidation-reduction condensation …

T Shintou, T Mukaiyama

Index: Shintou, Taichi; Mukaiyama, Teruaki Chemistry Letters, 2003 , vol. 32, # 11 p. 984 - 985

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Abstract

A new type of oxidation–reduction condensation by using tetrafluoro-1, 4-benzoquinone (fluoranil), alcohols and alkoxydiphenylphosphines, in situ formed from n BuLi-treated alcohols and chlorodiphenylphosphine, proceeded smoothly to afford the corresponding symmetrical or unsymmetrical ethers in good to high yields.