Triflic Acid Catalyzed Reductive Coupling Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds with O??, S??, and N??Nucleophiles

BA Gellert, N Kahlcke, M Feurer…

Index: Gellert, Beate A.; Kahlcke, Nils; Feurer, Markus; Roth, Stefanie Chemistry - A European Journal, 2011 , vol. 17, # 43 p. 12203 - 12209

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Abstract

Abstract Highly efficient metal-free reductive coupling reactions of aldehydes and ketones with a range of nucleophiles in the presence of triflic acid (1–5 mol%) as the catalyst are presented. The reactions can be performed at ambient temperature without exclusion of moisture or air. A range of symmetrical and unsymmetrical ethers were obtained by this method in high yields and short reaction times. For the first time, the influence of additional ...