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A Practical Transformation of Aldehydes into (E)-Iodoalkenes with Geminal Dichromium Reagents

K Takai, T Ichiguchi, S Hikasa

Index: Takai, Kazuhiko; Ichiguchi, Tetsuya; Hikasa, Shintaro Synlett, 1999 , # 8 p. 1268 - 1270

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Abstract

Abstract: A catalytic cycle of a chromium salt in a stereoselective transformation of aldehydes to (E)-1-iodoalkenes using a geminal dichromium reagent, is assembled with zinc, Me3SiCl, and NaI in dioxane. Keywords: geminal dichromium reagent, iodoform,(E)-1-iodoalkene, chromium (II), zinc