Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Benzyl chloromethyl ether reacts with carbonyl compounds in the presence of SmI 2 to afford alcohols (I), which are subsequently subjected to hydrogenolysis to yield diols (II). ... Chloromethyl methyl ether and chloromethyl methoxyethyl ether also reacted with simple ketones in the ...