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Beyond Benzoin Condensation: Trimerization of Aldehydes via Metal-Free Aerobic Oxidative Esterification of Aldehydes with Benzoin Products in the Presence of …

YJ Kim, NY Kim, CH Cheon

Index: Kim, Yoo-Jin; Kim, Na Yeun; Cheon, Cheol-Hong Organic Letters, 2014 , vol. 16, # 9 p. 2514 - 2517

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Abstract

An unusual trimerization of aldehydes in the presence of cyanide via metal-free aerobic oxidative esterification under ambient conditions is described. Various aromatic aldehydes provided the corresponding oxidative esterification products in good to excellent yields.

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