Tetrahedron letters

A new method for the hydroxymethylation of carbonyl compounds

T Imamoto, T Takeyama, M Yokoyama

Index: Imamoto, Tsuneo; Takeyama, Toshiaki; Yokoyama, Masataka Tetrahedron Letters, 1984 , vol. 25, # 30 p. 3225 - 3226

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Abstract

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 ...