An efficient and convenient transformation of α-haloketones to α-hydroxyketones using cesium formate

FF Wong, PW Chang, HC Lin, BJ You, JJ Huang…

Index: Wong, Fung Fuh; Chang, Po-Wei; Lin, Hui-Chang; You, Bang-Jau; Huang, Jiann-Jyh; Lin, Shao-Kai Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 694, # 21 p. 3452 - 3455

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Abstract

A new safe and convenient transformation has been developed. In the presence of cesium formate in dry MeOH solution, α-haloketones underwent direct conversion reaction to afford α-hydroxyketone in excellent yields. Furthermore, this methodology can be extended and ...