Free radicals in organic synthesis. A novel synthesis of ethylene glycol based on formaldehyde

…, EL Yeakey, JJ Lin, R Duranleau…

Index: Sanderson, John R.; Yeakey, Ernest L.; Lin, Jiang J.; Duranleau, Roger; Marquis, Edward T. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1987 , vol. 52, # 15 p. 3243 - 3246

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Abstract

The use of free radical reactions for the formation of carbon-carbon bonds has been known for yearsl4 but has not been used extensively in organic synthesis except for special reactions such as free radical cyclization^.^ Free radical reactions have, however) been used increasingly in recent years for the synthesis of organic molecules. 6-10 Kollar reported in 1984 on the development of a novel route to ethylene glycol based on the free ...