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Reductive etherification of carbonyl compounds with alkyl trimethylsilylethers using polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) and catalytic B (C 6 F 5) 3

…, G Chandrashekar, BN Babu, K Vijeender, KV Reddy

Index: Chandrasekhar; Chandrashekar; Nagendra Babu; Vijeender; Venkatram Reddy Tetrahedron Letters, 2004 , vol. 45, # 28 p. 5497 - 5499

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Abstract

A facile synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical ethers is achieved by reductive coupling of carbonyl compounds with alkoxysilanes. This reaction is performed using inert polymethylhydrosiloxane as the hydride source and B (C6F5) 3 as the catalytic activator of the PMHS.