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Efficient Iron??Catalyzed Acetal Formation from Styrene Derivatives

R Ray, AD Chowdhury, GK Lahiri

Index: Ray, Ritwika; Chowdhury, Abhishek Dutta; Lahiri, Goutam Kumar ChemCatChem, 2013 , vol. 5, # 8 p. 2158 - 2161

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Abstract

Acetals have immense industrial significance as diesel additives and polymeric materials and as flavoring agent in beverages, cosmetics, and foods.[1] Acetalization is the most useful synthetic technique in any targeted organic synthesis to protect the aldehyde and ketone groups of various multifunctional organic molecules.[2] Acetals constitute a versatile class of organic synthons and intermediates, as they can easily be converted into other ...