Tetrahedron Letters

Facile synthetic methods of acetals and crown ethers from the reaction of diphenyldiazomethane with 2, 3-dichloro-5, 6-dicyanobenzoquinone in the presence of …

T Oshima, R Nishioka, T Nagai

Index: Oshima, Takumi; Nishioka, Ryoji; Nagai, Toshikazu Tetrahedron Letters, 1980 , vol. 21, p. 3919 - 3922

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Abstract

Abstract The reaction of diphenyldiazomethane with 2, 3-dichloro-5, 6-dicyano- benzoquinone in the presence of alcohols and thiols gave the corresponding benzophenone acetals and thioacetals at 20–25 C in 1, 2-dichloro-ethane. The mechanism of the reaction will be discussed.