Chemical Communications

Trimethylsilyl chloride-accelerated reduction and pinacol couplingof carbonyl compounds by means of samarium diiodide

T Honda, M Katoh

Index: Honda, Toshio; Katoh, Miho Chemical Communications, 1997 , # 4 p. 369 - 370

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Abstract

The combination of samarium diiodide (SmI 2) and trimethylsilyl chloride (Me 3 SiCl) in THF– HMPA is found to accelerate the reduction of sterically hindered and enolisable ketones, and also to accelerate pinacolisation of the carbonyl compounds depending on the reaction conditions.