REDUCTION OF AROMATIC 1, 2-DIKETONES BY THE BINARY SYSTEM MAGNESIUM IODIDE (OR BROMIDE)+ MAGNESIUM

M Gomberg, FJV Natta

Index: Gomberg; van Natta Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1929 , vol. 51, p. 2243

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Citation Number: 34

Abstract

Summary It has been shown that the method suggested by Gomberg and Bachmann can be applied to the preparation of many halogeno-benzopinacols, especially those from ketones containing bromine or chlorine atoms meta or para to the CO group. When the halogen atom is in the ortho position, however, the magnesium of the reducing mixture tends to remove the halogen atom from the ketone molecule and no pinacol is formed.