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Beyond Benzoin Condensation: Trimerization of Aldehydes via Metal-Free Aerobic Oxidative Esterification of Aldehydes with Benzoin Products in the Presence of …

YJ Kim, NY Kim, CH Cheon

Index: Atta, Ananta Kumar; Kim, Seul-Bi; Cho, Dong-Gyu Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2011 , vol. 32, # 6 p. 2070 - 2072

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Abstract

An unusual trimerization of aldehydes in the presence of cyanide via metal-free aerobic oxidative esterification under ambient conditions is described. Various aromatic aldehydes provided the corresponding oxidative esterification products in good to excellent yields.