Polymeric Alkoxyalkylaluminum Compounds by Novel Reductive Cleavage of Saturated Cyclic Ethers. A New Organometallic Reagent in Organic Synthesis

M Sumitani, K Kanemitsuya, H Yasuda…

Index: Sumitani,M. et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1978 , vol. 51, p. 1511 - 1515

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Abstract

Insertion of aluminum to the C–O–C bond of saturated cyclic ethers by the HgCl 2–ZnCl 2– MeI catalyst system led to the reductive cleavage of 5, 6, and 7 membered ring ethers to give polymeric alkoxyalkylaluminum compounds. The relative rate of the reaction was increased in the order of tetrahydrofuran, 3-methyltetrahydrofuran, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, 2, 5- dimethyltetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran, oxepane, 7-oxabicyclo [2.2. 1]-heptane, and 2- ...